This journey goes across 13 countries, and is 11,654 miles or 18,755 kilometres and takes 14 days assuming no connections are missed.
This journey goes across 13 countries, and is 11,654 miles or 18,755 kilometres and takes 14 days assuming no connections are missed.
I’ve done it, more or less - from Bangkok to Barcelona. Some busses when the trains didn’t work out. Occasional boats. One flight (Moscow to Helsinki) for visa reasons.
No one needs that much trains. The worst bit was from Ulaanbaatar to Moscow, 5 straight days and nights of birch & pine trees, eating borsht on an empty train (most people go the other direction). Not doing that again.
8 months of travel.
Things were never the same after that. Didn’t feel at home in my own country anymore, got divorced, was made redundant from my job and couldn’t afford the rent. Wandered around Asia for 5 years, aimlessly. Then covid happened and international travel was out so traveled around locally in a house bus for 3 years.
So yeah. Don’t do that trip unless you’re prepared to go well off the rails. Ho ho.
You got divorced after 8 months of travel?
The die was cast about 4 months into the trip.
My biggest regret in life is hanging on for another 18+ months to try and work it out.
Sorry but I don’t understand. You were married with a job and everything. Then decided to go on an 8 months journey to travel, while your wife (and somehow your job) waited…?
Close, but she came with me on the trip. My job waited for my return and lasted about a year-ish after we got back.
Sorry it didn’t turn out better with her, but it sounds like a huge trip. Not doing something like that is a small regret I have. It’s great that you felt confident and free enough to do it. Though, 5 years in Asia, that doesn’t sound that great tbh😀
Asia rules, that was a time that I always look back on fondly! Crazy stuff happening everywhere you look. Great food, great people, beaches, snorkeling, jungles, mountains. Too hot though.
Pretty much whatever path we choose there’s going to be some kind of regret. Humans are crappy like that :)
Sure is. Can’t do it all.
Well, that was a read ? Soinded like an awesome experience though.
that got of thr rails quickly