Around the World in 80 Trains
A 45,000Mile Adventure
by Monisha Rajesh
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Travel, Travel, and Nonfiction.
Captured with wit and warmth, energy and zest, one woman's attempt to circumnavigate the globe in eighty eventful train journeysWhen Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was met with wideeyed disbelief. But it wasn't long before she was carefully plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles ? a...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Travel, Travel, and Nonfiction.
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Richard Coles
“Train lovers everywhere, I took this on the Sleeper to Scotland and back. Never before in the field of book to read on the train selection was a more apposite choice made. Thank you @monisha_rajesh”
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