Amazing train trips by TheHotFlashPacker
Dec 20
It was mid-August and I was starting to drive home to Seattle after my long journey up the Dempster Highway, I wasn’t looking forward to 30+ hours of driving to get home. I stopped into the main Yukon visitor center in Whitehorse to pick up material for my drive south along the Alaska Highway. I …
Oct 07
Fairbanks, Alaska is popular for its winter activities like soaking at Chena Hot Springs, dog mushing, and marveling at the Northern Lights. But Fairbanks is a great summer destination too. Fairbanks is a perfect access point to Denali National Park, with the national park entrance only a 2 hour and 15 minute drive from Fairbanks. …
Oct 15
Harar Ethiopia is one of the most interesting places to visit in Ethiopia, but it gets much fewer visits than the major sites in the north and south. I had a pretty crazy time here from feeding hyenas, to attempting to visit a brewery, and inadvertently getting someone arrested! Read more to find out why. …
May 22
You gotta love long layovers. It sometimes allows a twofer on a longer trip. I had previously flown through Taipei, Taiwan but the layover was too short to go outside. On my way to Indonesia, on Eva Air, I had a long layover in Taipei… a whopping 19 hour overnight layover in Taipei. This is …
Apr 17
I like train trips. My some of my favorites were the Transsiberian trip across Russia and the Canadian Via Rail to Churchill – the Polar Bear Capital of the world. This year I got to take Amtrak Across America – at least half way. My trip on the Amtrak Empire Builder started at one of …
Apr 08
Churchill, Manitoba is known as “The polar bear capital of the world” and I wanted to go there in late summer, as it was possible to see Polar Bears, Beluga Whales, and the Northern Lights, and the cost to visit was a small fraction of the cost to visit in the high season of October-November. …
Mar 31
I stayed for a glorious smog-free day in Beijing and then continued with an overnight train to Xi’an for my 4 days in Xian. Although I had a berth for this overnight ride, it was the 3rd (top) bunk. I made sure I didn’t drink anything before bed because the last thing I wanted to …
Mar 26
When taking the TransMongolian train trip from Moscow to Beijing, you can’t miss the last leg – the Ulaanbaatar to Beijing Train. The Ulaanbaatar train station is not far from the center of town. It’s worth arriving a little early to have a look around this Soviet-style train station. We checked in and were shown …
Mar 26
The Trans-Siberian is a “bucket list” item for many and it’s possible for trans-siberian railway independent travel. We survived about 2/3 of the Trans-Siberian express from Moscow to Irkutsk. Our train ride was 80 hours – 4 nights and 3 full days. We were in the 3rd class or “platzkartney” This means there are 52 berths in …
Mar 26
We took the first of many hours on the Russian trains from St. Petersburg to Moscow. The trip was only 8 hours overnight and was quite comfortable and then we only had a day in Moscow before making our way further east on the Trans-Siberian Railway. We spend the day doing our own walking tour …
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