March 31, 2006
Train travel web site
One of my travel dreams is to ride the Trans-Siberian railway so I was happy to find some interesting train travel experiences on this train travel site.
First, I recommend reading about The Eastern & Oriental Express. There's a lot of background information but you can go straight to the riding information by scrolling about half way down the page. Then, try this article on train travel in Sri Lanka. This is another very detailed article with an amazing amount of specific information.
If those articles aren't enough, check out the book reviews. You're sure to find a few train travel books that match your interests.
Posted by James Trotta at March 31, 2006 1:39 AM
The best site I have found for train travel worldwide, along with some bus and ship information is www.seat61.com. I used this site extensively in 2003 when planning a trip around the world (without flying), and found fabulous information from this site to help me get from Europe across Scandanavia, Siberia, and into Beijing. It is also very strong on Africa and Australia.
Posted by: Roy Ferguson at March 31, 2006 1:48 AMSome of the links refer to 2003 events.
Shame on you!
Bill are you talking about the train traveler site? I noticed the old Amtrak stuff too, but who cares? The international train travel articles I linked to are great. At least I liked them...
Roy, thanks for the tip on seat61.com - I'll check it out.
Posted by: James Trotta at April 2, 2006 3:09 AM