Skip to content
myjumbokimono
  • About
  • Blog
    • Preparation
    • Places Visited
      • United Kingdom
      • Luxembourg
      • The Netherlands
      • Denmark
      • Sweden
      • Finland
      • Russia
      • China
      • South Korea
      • Japan
      • Vietnam
      • Hong Kong & Macau
      • USA
      • Canada
      • Belgium
    • News
    • Transport
    • Workaway
    • Visas
    • Lessons Learnt
    • Memories
    • Previous Trips
    • Misc
  • Stats
  • Favourites
  • Photos
    • Flickr
    • Instagram
    • United Kingdom
  • Map

Menu

  • About
  • Blog
    • Preparation
    • Places Visited
      • United Kingdom
      • Luxembourg
      • The Netherlands
      • Denmark
      • Sweden
      • Finland
      • Russia
      • China
      • South Korea
      • Japan
      • Vietnam
      • Hong Kong & Macau
      • USA
      • Canada
      • Belgium
    • News
    • Transport
    • Workaway
    • Visas
    • Lessons Learnt
    • Memories
    • Previous Trips
    • Misc
  • Stats
  • Favourites
  • Photos
    • Flickr
    • Instagram
    • United Kingdom
  • Map

Transport

Food for thought

Yesterday was 466 days since returning to the UK, or in other words, 66 weeks and 4 days which has a nice symmetry to it. Looking back we feel very lucky, being able to afford to go travelling, particularly the […]

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Rosanna
Posted in News, Round the world, TransportTagged climate change, environment, food, home8 Comments

Travelling by Amtrak

Americans don’t know how good they have it with Amtrak trains, I would go as far as to say that they are wasted on the majority of them. The number of people we met who had never travelled by train […]

Posted on July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Round the world, Transport, USATagged train, train journey, usa2 Comments

The Reunification Express

Even since watching Michael Palin Full Circle, the one thing above all that I wanted to do in Vietnam was travel by train from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. In fact despite the city name change, the trains still […]

Posted on May 6, 2018May 7, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Round the world, Transport, VietnamTagged train, train journey, vietnam6 Comments

Sweet Carolina (do do doo)

North Carolina was our unexpected last stop in the US, simply because the container ship to Europe left from a place called Wilmington. It was meant to be straight forward to get there too, an overnight train from Miami to […]

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Round the world, Transport, USATagged bus, coast, train, usaLeave a comment

Transatlantic, Less Than Frantic

It’s about that time. Today we board the Independent Venture in Wilmington, North Carolina for our home continent. In 11 days time, if everything goes to plan, we will arrive into Antwerp and then four days later catch the train […]

Posted on March 9, 2018July 3, 2019 by Mischa
Posted in Belgium, News, Round the world, Transport, USATagged cargoship29 Comments

Crossing the Pacific Ocean by Cargo Ship

It took 15 days at sea to cross the Pacific from Xiamen, China on Saturday 2nd December to Los Angeles, USA on Sunday 16th December. Our double day was Saturday 9th December 2017. We travelled with CMA CGM on the […]

Posted on January 8, 2018January 13, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Cargo ship, Round the world, TransportTagged cargoship, china, usa14 Comments

From Hanoi to Hong Kong

It’s possible to travel overland from Vietnam all the way to Hong Kong within 24 hours. If you plan ahead, it is only a matter of two trains and then two metro lines taking you to Kowloon. One train to […]

Posted on December 20, 2017April 27, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in China, Hong Kong & Macau, Round the world, Transport, VietnamTagged china, food, hong kong, train, vietnam2 Comments

Getting around Japan

We arrived in Japan by ferry from Busan in South Korea and disembarked in the city of Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu. Knowing most of our travel in Japan would be by train, rail passes had already been purchased […]

Posted on November 27, 2017January 7, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Japan, Round the world, TransportTagged bus, japan, trainLeave a comment

Taking a train in China

Taking the train in China is a variable experience as many different train classes exist. We thought the only way to understand would be to try as many as we could! Who knows, the ‘hard seat’ might not be all […]

Posted on July 1, 2017January 7, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in China, Round the world, TransportTagged china, train, train journeyLeave a comment

The Iron Road (the Trans-Manchurian)

So, here comes a long post. Instead of writing about each of the train journeys separately, I thought it might be more interesting to compare them in one. And not too many train-based posts for those less passionate about them […]

Posted on May 12, 2017January 7, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in China, Round the world, Russia, TransportTagged china, journey, russia, sleeper, train2 Comments

Posts navigation

← Older posts

Travelling without flying

From March 2017 to March 2018 we backpacked around the world without catching a single aeroplane. This blog contains our experiences and stories, from surprises to delights, plus some tips on how we travelled flight-free.

Subscribe

Subscribe to receive an email whenever there is a new post.

Join 60 other subscribers.

In the Beginning

  • London to LuxembourgLondon to LuxembourgMarch 31, 2017

Random Posts

  • Imperial VietnamImperial VietnamNovember 18, 2017
  • Moscow is BIGMoscow is BIGApril 24, 2017
  • Sweet Carolina (do do doo)Sweet Carolina (do do doo)March 23, 2018

Recent Posts

  • Food for thought July 4, 2019
  • Travelling by Amtrak July 2, 2018
  • Answers on a postcard June 20, 2018
  • The most southernly northern city June 13, 2018
  • Mischa’s Belgian Waffle May 15, 2018
  • The Reunification Express May 6, 2018
  • The Diamond Capitol of the World April 21, 2018
  • Embassies and visas April 18, 2018
  • Crossing the Pond April 2, 2018
  • Home sweet home March 28, 2018

Categories….

  • Preparation
  • News
  • Transport
  • Workaway
  • Visas
  • Lessons Learnt
  • Memories
  • Previous Trips
  • Misc

…places visited

  • United Kingdom
  • Luxembourg
  • The Netherlands
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Russia
  • China
  • South Korea
  • Japan
  • Vietnam
  • Hong Kong & Macau
  • Pacific & Atlantic Oceans
  • USA
  • Canada
  • Belgium

Tags

art basketball bath house beer belgium border botanical gardens bus cargoship castle china church city coach cornwall couchsurfing countryside ferry food hill hostel japan journey lake lessons learnt medicine memorial metro mountain museum night palace river russia snow south korea temple the netherlands train train journey usa vietnam visa walk workaway

Search

Archives

View all the round the world posts
FAVOURITES

favourites

CONTACT US

Looking for advice or just a chat?
Feel free to send us an email:

mischa@myjumbokimono.com rosanna@myjumbokimono.com

GO GREEN

Green_22

Theme: Sensible by modernthemes.net