All good things must come to an end So that’s… 19,000 kilometers, 70 days on the road, 14 countries, 12 train connections, 7 bus connections, 1…

Ahh the good life. We decided to spend the last few days of our long journey sort of staying put in one place, before wrapping up….

This is what we were trying to get to – Koh Tao. An island paradise, and a few days of r&r from all the travel. Getting…

The next leg of the journey was getting from Vientiane to Bangkok via the sleeper train, which turned out to be one of the best overnight…

Vientiane was a much smaller city after Hanoi. Much less crowded, both in terms of people and traffic, and just generally, much more laid back. One…

So a bus ride later, we were in Hanoi! Bye-bye clean efficiency of Chinese long-distance travel, hello colourful chaos of South-East Asia! Naturally, we began our…

Getting from Shanghai to Hanoi overland is surprisingly quick and easy. We haven’t said it enough – the speed trains in China were incredible. The train…

Spent a couple of days in Shanghai, and must thank RC right off the bat – I stayed at his place, and we hit up some…

Travelling isn’t what it used to be. Nowadays, all you need is a smartphone with sporadic wifi connectivity in cafes (like the “hammock café” I’m at…

Overall, the Trans-siberian is a fairly comfortable train experience, but it definitely doesn’t hurt to be well-prepared. We’ve jotted down some of the things we found…