Monthly Archives: February 2013

London and Eurostar train travel to Lyon via Paris

195m below ground is the deepest point the Eurostar train runs under the British Channel. The route connects London with Paris in less than 3 hours. It only takes 20 minutes to travel the 50km below sea level. This is

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Goodbye and the start of an epic trip

I am writing this from the airplane, waiting for our take off. As always when I am flying the flight is delayed so nothing unusual so far. It will only be a short flight to London to start my trip

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London to Singapore by train – my trip mapped out on Tripline

Today I have setup an account on Tripline to better map out my trip. See the embedded trip below. A few details for you: 29 planed places 16 countries over 18’000 km long journey

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Vaccination

The most important thing when travelling is staying healthy. Pretty much the worst thing that can happen on a trip is to get ill where there is only little medical help readily available. This post will mainly discuss what vaccination

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Travel Gear

One of the most important aspects of travel planning is no doubt packing the right gear. I try to take gear on my trip that I already own, however for this trip I needed to buy a few things. This

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