I didn’t intend to write about this first leg of my trip. But if the remainder is anything like the first three days, I’m sure in for one heck of an adventure! My journey began last Sunday on the 09:39 Virgin Trains service from Milton Keynes to London Euston. Everything was pretty straightforward down to Paris, although the train had a fault and was running…
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Later this week I’ll be heading on my longest trip to date. A four and a half month adventure around Asia. Over the first month I’ll be travelling from Milton Keynes to Hanoi, Vietnam by train, through Russia, Mongolia and China via the Trans-Siberian railway. The remaining few months will see me continue overland through south-east Asia, exploring the tropical regions of Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, finally ending up…
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Ah, America. It’s been a while. Actually, it’s been 13 years since an obligatory kids-visit to Disneyland Florida, so you could say it’s my first trip in living memory! This time it wasn’t Mickey Mouse luring me across the pond, but rather an exciting opportunity to meet my team from work in New York City. For a week I was mainly based at the office in Midtown Manhattan, after which…
Read MoreHere’s a view over Lake Windermere in the Lake District on a gorgeous (but wet!) August evening. This area of the country is definitely under-rated, it’s always great to retreat from the South!
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Welcome to my new site 🙂 I’ve had a few designs for www.shonak.com over the past 8 years and none of them have actually been very good. Hopefully this one will be a little better and I’ll be tempted to post something once in a while! ~S
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