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The END OF TRAVEL (maybe)

Posted 23rd Feb 2010 by Jamie

Google have teamed up with Russian Railways to offer the entire Trans-Siberian railway experience, all from the comfort of...

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Welcome to our new site

Posted 31st Jan 2010 by Jamie

It's just a drop in the ocean compared to what we want to ultimately achieve, but we hope you...

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Tesco and a PectopaH

Posted 10th Sep 2009 by Kate

Kate makes it to Europe, and finds that Russians aren't really scary at...

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The Trans-Siberian Olympics

Posted 30th Aug 2009 by Kate

Ill advised somersaults, and getting stuck in the luggage compartment: the hidden dangers of the Trans-Siberian......

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An authentic Mongolian experience

Posted 20th Aug 2009 by Kate

Open air toilets, yak-attacks and other horse play. A truly authentic Mongolian experience....

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Culinary Tomfoolery: The Offal Truth

Posted 15th Aug 2009 by Kate

I tried to eat the goat's innards, but they were just offal. Read this and other turbo puns...

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You’ll have someone’s eye out

Posted 10th Aug 2009 by Kate

Reckless umbrella users in Beijing: Kate waxes lyrical about the many dangers of life in an overpopulated...

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Hong Kong Lowlights

Posted 30th Jul 2009 by Kate

From to shiny hotel lobbies to exposed electrical wiring, Kate explores the highs and lows of Hong...

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Cheeky Chinese train travel

Posted 25th Jul 2009 by Kate

Night trains, Popeye sing-a-longs and karst topography: Kate ventures south into China's Guangxi...

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Old McDonald had a (Chinese) farm

Posted 15th Jul 2009 by Kate

I never knew that the chicken dance had so many variations; trying to get a meat-free meal in China...

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Everybody loves Germans!

Posted 9th Feb 2008 by Jamie

The ridiculous complexity of British train travel is pretty staggering, so when I started to read how other European...

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International railways: news stories

Posted 2nd Feb 2008 by Jamie

Despite having swivelling chairs and videos, the Spanish trains don't have WiFi. My first reaction was that they...

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Brussels to Delhi: getting to Moscow

Posted 16th Jan 2008 by Emily & Verity

Tonight we are staying with a very learned, very old, French, German, English and Russian-speaking language enthusiast with an...

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