4 ms·
It's been a dream of mine to travel overland from Singapore to London. This would make it a lot easier, but probably a lot less fun.
by toomanybeersies 6y ago
It's been a dream of mine to travel overland from Singapore to London. This would make it a lot easier, but probably a lot less fun.
- jazzyjackson 6y agomaybe if you just stayed on the train the whole time but the great thing about trains is there's another one tomorrow!
- satori99 6y agoA cousin of mine has been doing this the other way around. She is riding a bicycle home to Australia from London. She made it across Europe and Russia, all the way to the Chinese border before Covid-19 hit and the Chinese wouldn't permit her to enter, so she has backed tracked to Tbilisi to wait it out before continuing.
- oska 6y agoIs her name Lauren O’Bryan? Because your story reminded me of a similar story in an ABC article [1] profiling ppl stuck overseas with the pandemic. [1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/coronavirus-pandemic-why-so-many-australians-still-to-come-home/12464258 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/coronavirus-pandemic-...
- satori99 6y agoIndeed
- prgmatic 6y agoTbilisi is a great little cozy place to stay put for a while. They did well to contain covid cases.
- nickt 6y agoYou’ll probably enjoy “First Overland” [1], it’s a great travel story. There was an expedition in 2019 sort of recreating it[2] with one of the original vehicles and characters. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336877.First_Overland?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=XaBUit0MGX&rank=4 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336877.First_Overland?fr... [2] https://www.lastoverland.com/ https://www.lastoverland.com/
- iso1210 6y agoDepends which direction you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Across_the_World_(series_1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Across_the_World_(series_... was good, aside from the winners. Series 2 was better.