Professional Hobo Nora hit the nail right on the head in her post this week on one of the most difficult-to-answer questions that travellers get asked: "What's your favourite place in the world?" It's well worth reading Nora's response, because she suggests quite rightly that even absolutely adoring …
Trans-Siberian
Trans-Siberian travellers get studied
The Trans-Siberian railway is one of my all-time favourite topics, so you can imagine that I read with interest an email that arrived in my in-box this week asking me to answer questions for a Masters dissertation study into "western identity transformation on the Trans-Siberian" - I just wish I'd …
Virtual Trans-Siberian rivals the real thing
My love for the great Trans-Siberian rail journey across Russia is no secret, so you can imagine my excitement when I read recently that Google and the Russian Railways have joined forces to create the virtual Trans-Siberian. It's just like it sounds - go to their website, and you'll be taken on …