by Routes Beyond Tim | May 23, 2020 | Asia, Best Train Rides
My JapanJapan is one of my top places to visit. It has such a unique culture, it having been largely isolated for many centuries. The history is so different to other countries, well documented and illustrated across the country. It is a wonderful, if somewhat...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Feb 6, 2020 | Asia
Dourpour's, Window Breaking Hail. Melbourne Summer 2019/20 “Weather about to get better – it’s going to rain”. Overheard in Melbourne’s St Pauls Cathedral. The context is that Australia, in the summer of 2019/2020, is in the grip of awful Bush Fires and Melbourne...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jan 23, 2020 | Asia, Best Train Rides
Left: Melbourne Centrals Arrival Hall A Bit of CountryIt is not the quickest mode of transportation between the 2 principal Australian cities, but there were a few reasons why I wanted to travel this way. I have seen cities and suburbs in Australia, but I wanted to...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Oct 30, 2019 | Africa, Asia, Memorable Days, Middle East
Mount Sinai or ‘Moses Mountain’Sinai Peninsula: Mount Sinai and St Catherine’s Monastery are 2-3 hours drive from Sharm el Sheik, although we had driven in 6-7 hours from Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The last few hours navigating the arid, starkly beautiful...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 21, 2019 | Asia, Memorable Days
The De-Miltarized ZoneMy feelings upon standing on the platform peering across the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) were: ones of amazement that in this day and age division and borders, can still be so stark and impenetrable sadness, families separated; and coming from the...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 12, 2019 | Asia, Best Train Rides, Travel Ideas
Destination Bandung. And Why? I was in Jakarta for work and arranged to have an extra day for exploration. I decided this was the time to go to Bandung! I had long been fascinated by the Conference that took place there in 1955. Leaders from 29 newly independent...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 11, 2019 | Asia
Mumbai: History and Chaos FollowFollow India Give yourself time! A vast and varied country full of stimulation, anguish, frustration and fascination. Love it! Being a Brit I have always trodden carefully in India given the colonial past. Yet I am nearly always...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 11, 2019 | Asia, Best Train Rides
FollowFollow British ShimlaShimla is perhaps the British Colonial Resort in India. Set in the cool (and in winter darn right cold), foothills of the Himlayas it is a 7-8 hour journey from New Delhi by train, but you end up in the Indian Independence pre 1940’s era,...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 2, 2019 | Asia, Opinion, Summary
Asia Searching for..... Routes Beyond The Challenges Facing Asia Shimla Shimla Mumbai Mumbai Bandung Jakarta to Bandung Seoul Seoul & DMZ Mount Sinai Melbourne Melbourne Japan Japan By Rail Asia Posts“Weather about to get better – it’s going to rain”...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Mar 18, 2019 | Asia, Opinion
Darkening Skies? There is a lot of talk about Climate Change, Nationalism and Isolation in last few weeks. Well, here are my observations of 4 days this past week, (brought about by a convoluted set of meetings:- Roar of the engines, nose up, clunk of wheels...
