The long view of the amazing blue
3 May 2018
HSR from Wuhan to Hangzhou
The last of the long train rides, I still have one more transit from Hangzhou to Shanghai but thats only an hour, todays journey from Wuhan to Han....
Tales from a moving train
30 April 2018
From Chongqing to Wuhan by high speed rail
Right now I am sitting on a fast train but not a very fast train. For an unknown reason this one sits on only 200 km/h. It is also slower than the....
The first of the three long journeys
26 April 2019
The long train journey from Xian to Chongqing
I write this as we finally approach Chongqing West station. Unfortunately this brand new high speed rail station has opened before the metro line ....
How to make a short train ride really long
23 April 2018
The high speed train from Zhengzhou to Xian
After what seemed like an all day journey to take a 2 hour train ride, I have arrived at my hotel in Xian. I will talk more about Xian when I have....
From the old to the new old
20 April 2018
From Beijing to Zhengzhou by bullet train
Today I moved cities, from a 30 million person city to somewhere between 10 and 12 million people, its hard to measure. Zhengzhou is where I am, a....
Drowning in a sea of tissues
28 October 2017
Sunpu castle and the view from the hills over Shizuoka
Right now I am on the train to Kyoto, a roughly 2 hour trip from Shizuoka on the slow train, and I wished I was on the fast train or walking. You ....
Shimizu ghost town
26 October 2017
Taking a train from Shizuoka to Shimizu for dinner
Its not that theres nothing to look at in the evenings in Shizuoka, theres probably a lot, but tonight I felt like going to the next town over. Sh....
Final destination
27 March 2017
From Puli back to Taipei via a Shaoxing brewery
I am back in Taipei, where my journey started. I will be here for another 4 nights. To celebrate my return to a place I have been to many times, I....
Mountain village metropolis
24 March 2017
From Tainan to Puli by train and bus
Now I am in Puli. Getting here was surprisingly easy. More on that shortly. Yesterday I went to Chiayi, this morning they had a small earthquake.....