After eight happy years living in Asia, we had to make our departure something special, and this is it: a 13,000 kilometre overland odyssey by rail from our Singaporean home back to the UK, and a new adventure.
Jasper, Ben, Kitty and the two of us old enough to know better set off from Woodlands railway station in Singapore on July 1st bound for London’s Waterloo.
We’ll be catching sleeper trains, bullet trains, sleek trains and rickety trains; and will travel some of the world’s most storied routes including Vietnam’s Reunification Express and the awe-inspiring Trans-Siberian Railway.
It promises to be an eye-opening affair, criss-crossing a dozen countries and, so long as we don’t miss too many trains, one which will span 32 days.
Brave or foolhardy? Probably both… we‘ll find out on the Long Trip Home.
By the time we pull into Britain’s busiest railway station my guess is none of us will be left in any doubt we’ve been halfway round the world… watch this space — and wish us luck…
Zoe, Oss, Jasper, Ben and Kitty Shine x
WOODLANDS TO WATERLOO 