My travels. Turned into stories.
Going by train from Nanning (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam) didn't exactly make for the smoothest border crossing of the trip. But once I had arrived, I could proudly say that after taking 19 different trains and a bus, I had made it all the way to Southeast Asia, without taking one single airplane! And after… Continue reading A tough path to Hanoi, my home away from home
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
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
Morgane's Travel Tales 