
Chilean surprise
Twenty seven hours of travelling later and I am approximately two thirds
Twenty seven hours of travelling later and I am approximately two thirds
I am ridiculously excited to learn that I will be in Antarctica
The vastness of Beijing airport makes Heathrow Terminal 5 look like a
“Can we take your picture please?” She is about seventeen and accompanied
I am a little stunned to arrive in Beijing; it is quite
My eighth and final train takes me from Ulan Bator to Beijing.
22nd March There are not many guests in the camp; apart from
21st March In preparation for arrival at Ulan Bator I get up
The Trans-Manchurian line runs from Irkutsk to Ulan Bator and on to
Twenty seven hours of travelling later and I am approximately two thirds of the way to my destination having arrived in
I am ridiculously excited to learn that I will be in Antarctica at the same time as Sir Ranulph Fiennes as
In 1914, on the eve of the first world war, the great adventurer, leader and Irishman, Sir Ernest Shackleton left England
A week on and I am still being struck by the ironies – the worst toilet on a 5,500 mile journey
The vastness of Beijing airport makes Heathrow Terminal 5 look like a provincial bus station. Inside I watch the check-in crew
“Can we take your picture please?” She is about seventeen and accompanied by three generations of her family. Standing in the
I am a little stunned to arrive in Beijing; it is quite the largest city I have been in since I
My eighth and final train takes me from Ulan Bator to Beijing. It is by far the most modern and well
My last day in the camp and we are invited to visit the nomadic home of Bachka who lives nearby (at
22nd March There are not many guests in the camp; apart from our guides there is Kevin, a fuel technician who
21st March In preparation for arrival at Ulan Bator I get up at 5.00am and do the Indiana Jones thing over
The Trans-Manchurian line runs from Irkutsk to Ulan Bator and on to Beijing for the next leg of the journey. The
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