HOW TO: Choose the Best Berth on an Indian Train
Remember I said, ‘the longer the train trip the better’? Well, we really tested that theory by completing a 39 hour train trip from New Delhi to Dibrigah. We caught this train to reach the Easternmost...
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Close Shaves & Photos From an Indian Rail Journey
After travelling through 6 continents, on a range of budgets, in a range of styles, there’s nothing more thrilling, culturally immersive, and enjoyable, than a shave at a local barber. I had a shave in...
View ArticleBusting It, Not Bursting It, Around India
In my chilled hands is a searingly hot, seriously tiny cup of chai. How I wish I’d invested in a thermos that could satisfy my tea needs beyond two mouthfuls. Instead, buying a cup for each hand, I’m...
View ArticleNotes from Darjeeling
Wow! Darjeeling is absolutely nothing like what I expected. The 3-hour taxi ride from New Jalpaiguri station is a nail-biting white-knuckle ride along a series of switchback to 2,050m above sea level....
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The GCIRC Touchdown – The Final Days
We travelled over 12,000 kilometers; that’s 3,000 more than the Trans-Siberian. On 15 different trains; from general class, all the way to 2AC. To 12 towns and cities; the Easternmost, Northernmost,...
View ArticleDanger Up Ahead – Bring It
‘There are still cannibals out there, you know.’ That was one of the first melodramatic responses from my family when I told them I was joining a two-month desert expedition. I’ll never forgot that...
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HOW TO: Solar Power a MacBook
Why on Earth would anyone want a solar-powered MacBook? Well, for most people, they either want to work in remote areas, throw parties ‘off the grid’, or pursue something creative in the wilderness....
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Postcards from a Mongolian Desert Expedition
As most of you know, Lauren from Team Globetrooper is currently undertaking one of the toughest adventure challenges of her life. She’s trekking 1,600 kms (1,000 miles) across the remote Gobi Desert in...
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A Day in the Life of a Desert Explorer
A zipper opening, that’s my wake-up call. No, please, not yet, just ten minutes more. Mornings have never been my strong point. And when you’re faced with walking for 8+ long hours every day for two...
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Early Journal Entries from the Gobi Desert
Over the last two weeks since the Gobi 2011 Expedition ended, I’ve been trying to regain normalcy but also some closure. I know I have finished the trek but I feel like I haven’t completed the whole...
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