The Afrosiyob is a wonderful name for a train. It derives its name from Afrosiyab which was an ancient site in Northern Samarkand, present day Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c. 500 BC to 122...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/04/23/tuesday-train-the-afrosiyob-bukhara-uzbekistan/
Kyoto has many must sees – the Gion Geisha District, shrines, temples & beautiful gardens aplenty, the Fushimi Inari Taisha Sembon Torii (temple of 1,000 gates) and the bamboo forest amongst t...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/04/21/sunday-photos-the-golden-pavilion-in-kyoto-japan/
As somebody reasonably well travelled, I am often asked my favourite countries visited. This is pretty impossible, so diverse are they. I will give it a go. However, if you ask me again next week...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/04/20/my-top-5-countries-visited-or-are-they/
It has been a long held ambition of mine to take the world’s first commercial Maglev train from Shanghai Airport to Longyang Road Station in the centre of the city. A chance recently presented ...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/04/17/tuesday-train-the-maglev-shanghai/
I am just back from the land of the rising sun. It was a magical trip where we saw Fuji San and experienced Sakura (cherry blossoms). Here are some pictures combining trains with blossom. And her...
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/04/10/late-running-tuesday-trains-japan/
This week I took my first ever bullet train from Mishima to Kyoto. 300kmh. Japan is developing a maglev network to go even faster – I need to come back!
https://wilburstravels.com/2024/04/02/tuesday-train-the-shinkansen-mishima-in-japan/
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/