Funnily enough, this entire journey started with a desire to experience the Panama Canal. After traversing the Suez Canal back in 2017, the seed was planted and comparing the two…
You know that dusty bottle of liqueur, full of blue liquid with a name you cannot pronounce that’s usually pushed right to the back of your cupboard/bar? Well, we went…
This morning, the tenth time since departing on our journey we put our clocks back another hour. This means that we are now fifteen hours behind Australia. To catch up,…
Whilst it was quite sad saying farewell to England knowing that we were about to commence our journey home - the fun of boarding Arcadia once again did offer some…
The night we are due to leave Switzerland for France we watch the news for the first time in days. The main headlines mention chaotic scenes in Paris and many…
Switzerland. A land I have dreamt of visiting. A land whose chocolate, cheese and a heroine called Heidi have beguiled and beckoned me from a young age. So, did you…
We have just spent the past six days first in Rome then in Verona, Italy and seriously we are still reeling from all that we have seen. Rome, in particular,…
It’s another night-time train journey this time from Zagreb to Split which is unfortunate as it would have been nice to see some of the Croatian countryside.
Split and…
An unfortunate side effect of travelling is cynicism. You're always on the look-out for someone to rip you off, for things to not go quite as planned. In some places…
Another day another train. This one - the overnight train from Moscow to Warsaw, Poland passing through Belarus. Again, the unwelcome disruption of the border crossings at some ungodly hour.…
Well, Moscow– someone’s doing a really bad job. Having spent four days here, wrapped in your refreshingly chilly autumn embrace every single one of my presumptions and expectations of you…
After so many months of planning – and we could have missed this – the third and final leg of our Trans-Mongolian/Siberian adventure. Left sitting for 28 minutes, double-parked on…
Whilst on this, the second leg of our Trans-Mongolian Express adventure, we do not have the luxury of a bathroom in our cabin, we do have two single beds side…
Having absolutely no idea what to expect of Mongolia, we are leaving – three days later, very happy with what we have found. Welcoming people, unforgettable scenery, good food and…
The Trans-Siberian/Mongolian/Manchurian Express has been a train journey talked about in my family since early childhood. It’s a real pinch-me hard moment when early Tuesday (Melbourne Cup) morning, we board…