{"id":6085,"date":"2014-06-26T10:28:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T14:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/?page_id=6085"},"modified":"2023-06-07T12:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T16:27:52","slug":"tales-of-trains-journey-destination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/travel-tips-resources\/tales-of-trains-journey-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Trains: Where the Journey is the Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

42,000 kilometres.<\/strong>
11 countries.<\/strong>
44 days. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traveling by train isn’t always about getting to where you’re going \u2013 at least it hasn’t been for me, and the 25 or so countries I’ve traveled to and through by train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, I would go so far as to say there is no better way to see the world than by train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(For me) the destination is irrelevant; rather, taking the train IS the destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is what Tales of Trains – Where the Journey is the Destination<\/i><\/strong> is all about.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This Isn’t a How-To Book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although you’ll get some tips on how to upgrade to sleeper class on Australian trains, what not to eat on the Trans-Siberian, and I share the best resources for worldwide train travel, this book won’t (directly) teach you how to travel around the world by train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, Tales of Trains \u2013 Where the Journey is the Destination<\/i><\/strong> is a narrative about what it’s like to do some of the world’s most epic long-distance train rides<\/strong>, including the Indian Pacific<\/a> and The Ghan in Australia, The Trans-Siberian from Moscow to Beijing, the world’s fastest train, and a whole host of much (much) slower trains as well.

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What You’ll Read About in Tales of Trains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tales of Trains \u2013 Where the Journey is the Destination <\/i><\/strong>covers over 42,000 kilometres of train travel through 11 countries, in 44 days (in two concentrated stints over a period of two years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16,000 of those kilometres were done in Australia \u2013 including 11,000kms in 11 days straight….all to see if it was possible to get bored on a train.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following year I was invited to do the Ultimate Train Challenge, which involved 25,000kms of train travel between Lisbon and Saigon in 30 days….straight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the two main focuses of Tales of Trains \u2013 Where the Journey is the Destination<\/i>. Among other things, you’ll read about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n