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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...
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...Tesco and a PectopaH
Posted 10th Sep 2009 by Kate
Kate makes it to Europe, and finds that Russians aren't really scary at...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......An authentic Mongolian experience
Posted 20th Aug 2009 by Kate
Open air toilets, yak-attacks and other horse play. A truly authentic Mongolian experience....
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...
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...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...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...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...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...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...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...