All Aboard! A journey on the Trans-Mongolian Railway and through eastern Europe
A tale of railways, nomads, ice, Soviets, food, culture, beauty, humour and excitement...
' I can't recommend this book enough! I feel like I'm on the journey with Carrie... it's engaging, funny, and I've learned so much already... '
Keeley O’Hagan Montagu
Come on a journey with Carrie, a young Australian with a notebook and an evocative ability to bring places you may have never seen to life through her words. See stretching grasslands 100km wide; hear the music of ice by a beach; smell some rousing local cuisine; grapple with challenging political history; and watch the earth’s surface change through a train carriage window.
Ten countries, tens of thousands of kilometres, and a whole lot of adventure.
Readers are DELIGHTED by All Aboard!:
This book is a great read. By page 5 I was laughing out loud. A thoroughly entertaining travel guide.
- Angie McGowan
Reading this book was like taking a trip in real time, narrated by your entertaining Australian mate.
It is an account of a solo rail trip from Beijing to St. Petersburg, then on through the Baltic States and Eastern Europe. The author clearly has a thirst for adventure and does not isolate herself in a railroad car. She also engages with local culture, through home stays and couch surfing.
The book is written in a very ‘instant’ diary form but, although the story is obviously linear, there are plenty of side shunts into amusing anecdotes. The comical illustrations were a delightfully original touch.
I felt I was right beside the author as she stared in wonder at the world flashing past the windows of her carriage.
-Jacqueline Lambert
I love it. Every time I sit down for a cup of tea, I read more and reluctantly put it down. It is so engaging to travel with you and learn things you never would. You really should be proud of what you have achieved - intrepid adventures on your own in very culturally different countries, writing intimately, frankly and honestly in journals and then producing such a readable book. Fabulous.
- Sally Ord
