Across the World in 80 Trains

When Monisha Rajesh introduced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty practice journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. However it wasn’t lengthy earlier than she was rigorously plotting a route that will cowl 45,000 miles – nearly twice the circumference of the earth – coasting alongside the world’s most outstanding railways; from the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet’s Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Specific.

Packing up her rucksack – and her fiancé, Jem – Monisha embarks on an unforgettable journey that can take her from London’s St Pancras station to the huge expanses of Russia and Mongolia, North Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, and past. The following journey is certainly one of fixed motion and mayhem, because the pair strike up friendships and swap tales with the hilarious, irksome and in the end endearing travellers they meet on board, all whereas taking in a few of the earth’s most breathtaking views.

From the writer of Round India in 80 Trains comes one other witty and irreverent take a look at the world and a celebration of the glory of practice journey. Rajesh affords a splendidly vivid account of life, historical past and tradition in a guide that can make you chuckle out loud – and replicate on what it means to be a worldwide citizen – as you whirl all over the world in its pages.