The Great Railway Bazaar - By Train Through Asia

Paul Theroux decided to board every train that chugged into view, ?from Victoria Station to Tokyo Central; to take the branch line to Simla, the spur through the Khyber Pass and the chord line that links Indian Railways with those of Ceylon; the Mandalay Express, the Malaysian Golden Arrow, the locals in Vietnam and the trains with bewitching names, the Orient Express, the North Star, the Trans-Siberian.? The result is the story of an adventure fuelled by the romance of the railways...