26.03.2021 The last 100 km to Zouérat By the time the truck was packed around 16:30, the wind had stopped completely, but it was getting more gloomy again. No train…
28.03.2021 Nouadhibou Damn, that had been the most epic adventure ever! That had been the most amazing and exhilarating train ride ever! ... I was still high on the experience…
26.01.20 At 04:45 my alarm clock rang and I had to get up to escort the guests from the last Ganges Cruise to the airport. I had arranged cold breakfast…
28.01.20 I woke up around 08:00 this morning and then I had this notion to check my various train tickets again … You never know … I did not want…
05.02.2018 Why did I opt to fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa? I had done the 7 nights overland tour in a jeep from Kathmandu to Lhasa in 2007 and it…
07.02.2018 Now the great train adventure starts! I arrived at the Lhasa train station well ahead of time. Strict security is in place to even enter the station. First ID…
22.02.2018 Again I arrived at a train station too early.... It was very cold outside today, but the Tynda train station is big and warm. I could not be bothered…
02.03.2018 We reached the Irkutsk train station just in time for the train to arrive. Igor helped me with my luggage to find the platform and I got checked in…
05.03.2018 My next train ride from Krasnoyarsk to Novosibirsk was a relatively short one. I was booked on train #57ИА at 06:37+4 and the trip took 13 hrs for 755…
07.03.2018 I left the capital of Siberia late in the day. In Novosibirsk my train was arriving from Kemerovo on time. It was train # 029 at 16:09+4. It would…