Now Boarding: The Eastern European Express

Will (or Wilbur to give him his travel nom de plume) has travelled extensively worldwide and by far his favourite transport mode for arriving somewhere exciting is the train, particularly overnight or long-distance journeys.

This book is a taster for what has become a pilgrimage to ride the rails in the east of the continent – over 15,000 track kilometres and counting.

Train travel is only a fraction of the story though as the author traverses the fascinating, but often volatile region along with his best mate Hamish.

Accompany them as they experience a plethora of excruciating yet hilarious mishaps, make the acquaintance of a cast of bizarre, eccentric characters that they meet along the way and gain a little enlightenment into what makes this unique part of the world tick.

Concentrating on Wilbur & Hamish’s formative travel years of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s as they take low-cost rail trips around much of Europe, it then fast-forwards to 2006 when circumstance saw them re-invoke the spirit of budget continental rail travel in the Balkans.

Get yourself a ticket, climb aboard as they travel the rails – you are sure to enjoy the ride.