Experience a Train Journey Halfway around the World, the Spirituality of the Tibetan Monasteries and the thin air at the Everest Base Camp

Do you wonder what it is like to travel half the globe by train? Are you interested in spiritual Tibetan Monasteries? Do you wonder how the high-altitude at the Everest Base Camp feels like?
’20’000 km by Train’ describes the extraordinary adventures of an overland train journey from Zurich to Shanghai: 285 hours and 20,000 km by train from Zurich to Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Lhasa and Shanghai. It includes the 6-day non-stop train on the Trans-Mongolia Express, as well as the pressurised train (like an airplane) on the Lhasa Express route. The book further includes the adventures during an 8-day tour in Tibet visiting many Buddhist monasteries, as well as the Everest Base Camp at 5,200m.

Sleeper Trains

Experience the most exceptional, historical and the world’s longest Train Journey half way around the world, from Zurich, Switzerland to Shanghai, China. Read about the Sleeper Trains from Paris to Moscow, Moscow to Beijing, Beijing to Lhasa and Lhasa to Shanghai, and the daily life on board. Daily life on the Trans-Mongolian train can be compared to being in a prison.

Slow and Fast

Endless Train Journey hours: 285 hours covering almost 20’000 kilometers. Read about the longest train ride on the Trans-Mongolian Express from Moscow to Beijing: 7’621 kilometers in 150 hours with an average speed of only 51 km/h. Read how the Maglev in Shanghai reaches a top speed of 300 km/h during its short 30 kilometers journey to Pudong airport.

Mount Everest Base Camp

Duprong Monastery, Jokhang Temple, Potala Palace, Sera Monastery, Tashi Monastery, Rongbuk Monastery and Palkhor Choede Monastery in Tibet. Everst base camp at 5’200 meters. Read about the Train Journey experiences in the Chinese Overnight Trains, travel in Tibet and reflect on your own travel life.

Travelling is the Goal

The purpose of this Train Journey book is to contribute to and improve your travel life. Read about topics that the travel agents don’t know about and about cutting out the travel agents. For a journey like this, travelling is the goal, not the destination.