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Review: Long Way Round

Review: Long Way Round

In 2004 the actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman went on a four-month trip from London to New York. But to make things interesting they decided to go eastward on motorbikes.

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From Gothenburg to Tokyo by train

Going from Gothenburg to Tokyo by train is one of the longest routes available, as it spans across nine time zones and seven countries. The largest part of the journey is the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to the Pacific, the world’s longest railway with 9238 kilometers.

Tent heating in Mongolia

Tent heating in Mongolia

Mongolia doesn’t care about your comfort. It doesn’t pretend to. Out here on the steppe, where the wind could strip the flesh from your bones and the stars feel close enough to punch you in the face, survival isn’t a metaphor, it’s a daily negotiation.

Dawn in Ulaanbaatar

Dawn in Ulaanbaatar

One minute I’m dozing on a Soviet-era train, the next I’m dropped into the Mongolian capital like a sack of flour from a low-flying plane. I place my dusty shoes on the pavement of the Ulaanbataar railway station and quickly scan the area.