Category Silk Road

International Women’s Day – A Celebration Of Women In Pictures

March 8, 2021 · by · in Caribbean, Cuba, Havana, International Women's Day, Laos, Luang Prabang, Peru, Samarkand, Silk Road, South East Asia, Soviet Union, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan · 2 Comments

Women of Laos

Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Wilbur’s Travels – My 7 Travel Wonders Of The Past Decade

December 30, 2019 · by · in Brazil, Camargue, Central Asia, Champagne, Che Guevara, Cuba, Havana, Havana, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Laos, Luang Prabang, Lyon, Mekong River, Monks, Orange, Overnight Trains, Provence, Riquewihr, Silk Road, South America, South East Asia, Soviet Union, Strasbourg, Sunset, Temples, The Mekong River, Train Journeys, Train Travel, Turkey, Turkmenistan · Leave a comment

Travel is a great defining constant in my life and as I reflect on the last ten years of travels, I am extremely grateful that I am able to indulge in my passion on a regular basis. I have visited 22 new countries in the decade and revisited many more old favourites. I found it […]

Havana Resident, Cuba

Wilbur’s Travels is Four Today

November 18, 2018 · by · in Albania, Armenia, Brazil, Cambodia, Central Asia, Cuba, France, Germany, Iceland, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Mekong River, New York City, Norway, Scandinavia, Scotland, Silk Road, thailand, Train Travel, UK Towns & Cities, USA · Leave a comment

Those nice people from WordPress have just informed that my first post was published four years ago. That first post told the tale of my 1995 visit to the Chinese city of Guangzhou by boat from Hong Kong. 710 posts later I am still enthused and planning much more. Here are a selection of photos […]

The Joy Of Booking

May 5, 2018 · by · in Silk Road, Turkmenistan, Uncategorized, Uzbekistan · 3 Comments

I subscribe to the notion that the joy of a trip should be in the journey as well as the destination or more often than not the destinations. I love getting somewhere by train if possible. For example, SNCF strike permitting, I am off to Marseille by train from London in a few weeks. Eight […]