This is actually a picture from today. We are in the Hakone region, which on a good day affords views of iconic Mount Fuji. Unfortunately today is very rainy so that view is left for another day.
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/03/26/tuesday-train-the-tozan-hakone-yumoto-in-japan/
In late 2019 I made a trip to Azerbaijan by train from Tbilisi. Whilst there, my travel companion Hamish and I made back to back overnight journeys to the city of Sheki from Baku. Sheki itself wa...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/03/19/tuesday-train-sheki-in-azerbaijan/
Last week I took a lovely LNER Azuma train from London to Newcastle to meet a friend to go to some National Hunt horse racing meetings. Over four days we took in racing at Newcastle, Catterick, C...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/03/13/the-overdue-tuesday-train-kings-cross-london/
In 2009 I travelled to Aleppo by train, bus & taxi from Istanbul. An epic journey to what became my favourite city that sadly has suffered so much in the intervening years. Whilst there we took a...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/03/05/tuesday-train-aleppo-in-syria/
Turkmenistan was visited in 2018, a rather odd but fascinating country. We took a train from capital Ashgabat eastwards to Mary as we made our way to Uzbekistan. Officially you were not allowed t...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/02/27/tuesday-train-ashgabat-in-turkmenistan/
I took the train known as the ‘cuckoo’ in 2019. The Kukushka (translates as little cuckoo in Russian) is a 37 km narrow-gauge railway linking the national park town of Borjomi to the village ...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/02/22/late-running-tuesday-train-the-cuckoo-borjomi-in-georgia/
My last major pre-pandemic trip was in October 2019 when I took a train from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi to the Azerbaijani equivalent on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The overnight train st...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/02/17/the-very-delayed-tuesday-train-baku-in-azerbaijan/
Just a 90-minute flight from Gatwick, Innsbruck is perfect for a whistle stop break. with the centre only 20 minutes away on airport bus F (€2.80), travel time is really minimal. Surrounded by ...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/02/07/24-hours-in-innsbruck/
A couple of Januarys ago we took the train from the Latvian capital to the Estonian counterpart, Tallinn. Both cities are wonderfully photogenic and the train journey was comfortable & scenic.
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/02/06/tuesday-train-riga-in-latva/
My 2018 visit to Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan is up there with my favourite ever trips. Train was to be our transport of choice in the latter with fast trains connecting the main cities. First up wa...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/01/30/tuesday-train-loco-at-bukhara-station-in-uzbekistan/