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Around the World in 80 Trains
- A 45,000-Mile Adventure
- Narrated by: Monisha Rajesh
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Categories: Travel & Tourism, Asia
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents Around the World in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh, read by Monisha Rajesh.
Winner of the National Geographic Traveller Award for Best Travel Book.
Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award.
When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in 80 train journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. But it wasn’t long before she was carefully plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles - almost twice the circumference of the earth - coasting along the world’s most remarkable railways; from the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet’s Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
Packing up her rucksack - and her fiancé, Jem, Monisha embarks on an unforgettable adventure that will take her from London’s St Pancras station to the vast expanses of Russia and Mongolia, North Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan and beyond. The ensuing journey is one of constant movement and mayhem, as the pair strikes up friendships and swaps stories with the hilarious, irksome and ultimately endearing travellers they meet on board, all while taking in some of the earth’s most breathtaking views.
From the author of Around India in 80 Trains comes another witty and irreverent look at the world and a celebration of the glory of train travel. Rajesh offers a wonderfully vivid account of life, history and culture in an audiobook that will make you laugh out loud - and reflect on what it means to be a global citizen - as you whirl around the world listening to it.
Critic Reviews
"Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride." (Michael Palin)
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-01-21
Absolutely Loved the book !!
The Narration was so Engrossing and So Much Fun ... I enjoyed the book.
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- Deb
- 18-12-20
Excellent travelogue...
Excellent travelogue takes one on a journey through many cultures and opens up a window to many lives.
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- Timothy Mark Abbott
- 13-06-20
Great escapism for the lockdown
Monisha Rajesh's story of her 7 months of railway journeys in the company of her fiance Jem makes for wonderful escapism in this time of enforced home arrest under the pandemic. Above all gentle in its tone and world view, Rajesh's observations are always humane, open eyed, and open minded. Even in the few moments of apparent peril she maintains an air of calm objectivity rather than indulge in scandalized complaint, preferring to reflect on the humanity she encounters rather than stoke xenophobic fear. While I can't go so far as to describe it as a masterpiece, the writing is occasionally poetic, and once in a while quite moving, and she leaves lasting impressions on the mind's eye. I'd love to hear her narrate her earlier book on her travels in India, perhaps she and Audible have it on their to-do list.
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- Rick
- 05-06-20
Highly enjoyable armchair train travel experience
I have been a railfan (or an anorak, foamer, trains evangelist whatever) since I was a kid. I have been travelling quite a few of the railway lines Rajesh mentioned in her book in the last 3 years. This book recalled my memory of railway travel. I am very impressed the small details she have been able to spot. I can even smell the smell, feel the train moving the way she described. I bought both books and audiobook. I personally prefer the auidobook better because her voice (eg. minmicking her travel companion accent, the tense moment of catching a train or the potential of not able to leave North Korea) made the listeners feeling they are part of her travel experience.
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- Zachary Andrada
- 05-01-21
too much dialog
its too hard to keep track of people and whats happening. too much dialog
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- TomDuncombe
- 11-11-20
shallow and breezy
a nice palate cleanser of a book recounts her train journey around the global north.
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- petersonhayward
- 29-09-20
Interesting but obnoxious
An interesting journey however written in a myopic and obnoxious form. I don't tend to write many reviews but I felt compelled to do so. Whilst I vicariously tried living many of the journeys through the writers words and who coincidently in this production is the narrator, there are many moments where they demonstrate elitist, obnoxious pre conceptions of places and experiences they've not yet had. Considering this is a book about new experiences I baulked at that and found it a little sad. Namely, the perception of going on cruises, the the general perception of Eastern and western travellers behaviour, their rose tinted view of a specific type of traveller and what felt like a guide trip for a very middle class, privileged yet shielded couple. It could have done better, been more open minded and down to earth. This sounds like it was written by Judith Chalmers.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-10-20
Enjoyable
Overall, an enjoyable listen that has flashes of brilliance. However, the final few chapters are almost ruined by Monisha's insistence on using her terrible Scottish accent to read the dialogue of Mark, one of her travel companions. I had to turn it off/fast forward at times because of this.
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- AJC
- 04-09-20
Brilliant
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this fantastic book. Not travelling this year because of the virus but now I've listened to this book I feel like I have! The author brings every place she visits to life. Really wish Around India in 80 trains was also available on Audible.
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- Jamie Baillie
- 23-06-20
A very enjoyable summer listen.
having the author as the narrator was a fantastic move. you can really here the passion for the story and being Scottish myself love her attempt at her friends accent.
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- gavmcginty
- 30-01-21
Stick with it
Like others, I struggled to get into this in the early chapters, but am very glad I stuck with it.
The author's early experiences and narrative in Europe didn't warm me to her as a traveller - she comes across as simultaneously smug and naive. It improved though as she moved out of the familiar, and focused more on describing the train journeys rather than the city breaks in between. Then it became really very enjoyable.
And once it reaches that stage this is very much a book about travelling the world by train. The focus is on the train journeys, and the encounters and train adventures along the way. After the initial European stage there is very little about the places encountered in between. And that focus is what makes it a great book.
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- Peter
- 19-01-21
Very enjoyable.
An very enjoyable, personal account of an interesting journey. I didn't know what to expect beforehand... but it was a lovely travelogue. Full of personal and observational details. Very well written and read by the author.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-12-20
A fantastic book, perfect for lockdown!
This is the PERFECT escape from our current situation! The locations, the encounters and the experiences are so well described (and performed) they are almost palpable. Pack your bags, are you are about to travel around the world!
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- jake woodhead
- 19-09-20
10/10 Great adventure
A great adventure story. Monisha read it perfectly. Would listen again, Definitely given me the bug to go traveling by train again!
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- Anonymous User
- 15-08-20
An amazing book that took me on a journey
An amazingly written travel book. Some of the journeys Monisha went on in this book I have done myself and she took me back and it gave me nostalgia with the way she describes her experiences. I found the entire book so inspiring and relatable and it made me want to explore more of the world by train. Highly recommend!!