My travels. Turned into stories.
From Belgium to Southeast Asia and back without flying. Trains, buses and ferries.
I didn't enjoy the 27-hour train ride from Ulan Bator to Beijing. I was upset that I had lost my glasses, and started reflecting on 5 weeks of travel in a melancholic way. Travel blues? Little did I know Beijing was going to completely turn that feeling around. Not in the first hour upon arriving,… Continue reading Beijing: my reset week
Almost 127 hours, that's how much time I spent on trains travelling from Moscow to Beijing. But what does life on the Transsiberian train consist of? Let me break down an average journey for you. The ticket Everything starts with the ticket! I pre-booked all of mine with RealRussia and printed them out before leaving.… Continue reading From Moscow to Beijing: life on the Transsiberian train
While I was travelling through Russia, I experienced smooth changes as I moved along. When I arrived in Mongolia however, the change was big and sudden. For ten days, I would keep thinking "what the fuck?!" (pardon my French) in all kinds of ways. These are the things that I won't forget soon. The randomness… Continue reading Mongolia: where weird things happen
Before planning this journey, I hardly knew anything about the region of Siberia, except for the fact that the winters there get extremely cold. My memories after spending ten days of exploring this part of Russia, shaped a very new and surprising image of Siberia. Let me count down the four highlights of my personal… Continue reading ​The Transsiberian: crossing Siberia
After leaving Warsaw, birch trees and green fields dominated the landscape. Kilometre after kilometre, train after train, the window would show me different variations on the same scenery, interrupted time and again by small villages with brick and wooden houses. The train would ride for hours without coming across a big city. But when it… Continue reading The Transsiberian, from city to city
On Tuesday, June 6, I took the train from Moscow to Vladimir, less than two hours away. My train stops were planned, my hostels booked. I imagined that I would meet various other international travellers along the way, who I could spend time with in the places I was to discover. Little did I know… Continue reading Transsiberian encounters
First of all, three days in Moscow is way too short (actually, it was only two days and a half). Still, I got to catch an interesting glimpse of the Russian capital. Here’s what I loved and what I didn’t like. 5 things I loved 1) The subway stations I’m not entitled to claim… Continue reading ​3 days in Moscow: my impression
I’m used to taking the train everyday. From Antwerp to Brussels, 40 minutes, and then back. But what if you just keep riding? For hours and hours? You end up in the neighbouring country. Keep riding. The next country. Keep riding. You’re so far now, that the train tracks are suddenly different and they have… Continue reading Leaving Europe on a train
With just one week to go until the start of the trip, I'm happy to say that my preparations are coming to an end. There are just a few things left on my to do list, which has finally started to grow shorter over the past few weeks. I won't bother you by telling what… Continue reading Visa hassle
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