The Great Railway Adventure

The Great Railway Adventure

By
Christopher Portway
Christopher Portway
1984 • 227 pages

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70 books

Syria

Daren
Daren
Wanderings in Arabia
Revolt in the Desert
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Middle East Journey
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Dust in the Lion's Paw

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66 books

Iraq

Daren
Daren
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Travels in American Iraq
The Marsh Arabs
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland

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17 books

Train

Daren
Daren
The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Double Circuit
Corner Seat
One Chinese Moon
Sunrise on the Southbound Sleeper: More Great Railway Journeys from the Daily Telegraph
Train to Pakistan
Slow Trains to Simla

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38 books

Switzerland

Daren
Daren
Husky Be My Guide
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
North Wall
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Our Kind of Traitor
Dear Abroad
The Letters of Gertrude Bell: Volumes 1 and 2

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26 books

Bulgaria

Daren
Daren
Dragoman Pass
Corner Seat
Pictures from the Balkans
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The Historian
Ox Travels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers

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100 books

Afghanistan

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
The Sleeping Buddha
THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT. My Afghan Years.
Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide
Taliban
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
The Underground Girls Of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys

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62 books

Kenya

Daren
Daren
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
My Kenya Days
Who Wanders Alone
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Africa on a Tightrope
The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
High-Ho to London: Incidents and interviews on a leisurely journey by air from Australia to Britain

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40 books

Uganda

Daren
Daren
The Long Walks: Journeys to the Sources of the White Nile
The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
Off the Rails
Dirtroads
The Black Nile: One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World's Longest River
Beyond the Devil's Teeth : Journeys in Gondwanaland
The White Nile

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124 books

Russia

Daren
Daren
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People
All the Right Places
The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Siberian Dream
Off The Rails
Holy Russia: An Historical Companion to European Russia
Corner Seat

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133 books

Turkey

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Life on the Golden Horn
Journey Round Turkey
Corner Seat
Riding to the Tigris
Husky Be My Guide

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26 books

Serbia

Daren
Daren
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Who Wanders Alone
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Pictures from the Balkans
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The 8:55 to Baghdad

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19 books

Romania

Daren
Daren
Dragoman Pass
Travels in the Balkans
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe
The Historian
New Europe

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113 books

France

Daren
Daren
The Terminal Man
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Let Them Call It Jazz
From Le Pigeonnier
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Sun Also Rises
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales

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74 books

Greece

Daren
Daren
The Lost Empire of Atlantis: An Ancient Mystery Revealed
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Corner Seat
Greece and the Islands
Islands Ahead
Captive Kiwi

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56 books

Canada

Daren
Daren
Forest of Memories
The Five Pound Look
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
Due North
The Brendan Voyage
The Curve of the Earth's Shoulder

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111 books

Pakistan

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Broken Bangles
The Age of Kali
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game
Return Ticket
First Overland

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13 books

Slovenia

Daren
Daren
Who Wanders Alone
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
Husky Be My Guide
Tito's Yugoslavia
New Europe
Behind Enemy Lines
The 8:55 to Baghdad

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23 books

Croatia

Daren
Daren
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Who Wanders Alone
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Lilli and the Hippopotamus
Tito's Yugoslavia
New Europe

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13 books

Albania

Daren
Daren
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Pictures from the Balkans
The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
New Europe
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
When Men and Mountains Meet
Accursed Mountains, The: Journeys in Albania

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20 books

Hungary

Daren
Daren
Travels in the Balkans
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe
New Europe
Szabad
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Attila the Hun

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121 books

Egypt

Daren
Daren
To the Holy Shrines
Revolt in the Desert
Return Ticket
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Middle East Journey
Egypt Painted & Described
The Phoenix in the Desert

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39 books

Ecuador

Daren
Daren
The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon
The Galapagos Affair
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Across the River of Death
Blinding Light
Floreana
The Fire Ox and Other Years

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84 books

Peru

Daren
Daren
To Infinity and Beyond: What Che Guevara Started, Someone Had to Finish
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
Treasures Of The Andes: The Glories Of Inca And Pre Columbian South America
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Amazon Journey
Across the River of Death

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38 books

Libya

Daren
Daren
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
Children of Allah: Between the Sea and Sahara
The Search for the Niger
Middle East Journey
Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara
The quest for Timbuctoo

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37 books

Bolivia

Daren
Daren
Eight Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
East to the Amazon: In Search of Great Paititi and the Trade Routes of the Ancients
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
The Tender Traveller
Across the River of Death
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