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1408869756

Around the world in 80 trains : a 45,000-mile adventure.

Author: Rajesh, Monisha.

Publication year: 2019

Language: English

Media class: Hardback

Classification: 910.41

Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2019.

ISBN: 1408869756 9781408869758 (hbk): 20.00

Notes:

When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in 80 train journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. But it wasn't long before she was carefully plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles - almost twice the circumference of the earth - coasting along the world's most remarkable railways; from the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet's Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. Packing up her rucksack - and her fiance, Jem - Monisha embarks on an unforgettable seven-month-long adventure that will take her from London's St Pancras station to the vast expanses of Russia and Mongolia, North Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, and beyond.