It was raining here the other day—steadily throughout the day— and I took the opportunity to rummage through some of the photos I’ve taken on past trips. Without doubt, my most memorable travel experience was by private train from Moscow to Mongolia and on to Beijing. I always enjoy looking through those photos although, regrettably,…
A Canadian government report has just surfaced and it calls for an end to the subsidy of VIA Rail’s Train #1. That is, of course, The Canadian, the iconic train running between Toronto and Vancouver. The document, described as “a federal review”, probably originated in Canada’s previous government which, until the recent national election,…
We are not alone. Came an email the other day from one of our readers in Australia with the unhappy news that there is going to be a cut-back of service on their two marvelous trans-continental trains, the Indian Pacific, which operates east-west between Sydney and Perth, and the Ghan, which runs north-south between Darwin…
Two years ago, I paid a visit to a Norwegian couple I had met during my trans-Siberian trip. This time, I met them in Oslo and the three of us took the weekend to visit the small community of Flåm. The town’s appeal is two-fold: it’s located on the magnificent Sognefjord and you get to…