Around the World in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh

It's not all about rough guides and maps, follow Monisha as she travels to exciting places via train on a journey filled with wonderful brief encounters.

Monisha and her fiance Jem explore an international network of passenger trains beginning at London's St. Pancras station. Their adventure's on this efficient, low-emission mode of transport takes them well beyond the parameters of Europe, to Mongolia, Canada, Russia, North Korea (strikingly), among others. Around The World In 80 Trains has been deemed Traveller Book of the Year by the National Geographic and is widely acclaimed, hailed 'Delightful' by the Spectator. Monisha takes the famous quote 'It is the journey, not the destination that matters,' to the next level as she recounts with wit captivating anecdotes on this romantic form of travel.