Following my post on David Rogers’ on-the-road travel blog Last Train to Lhasa, I was very happy to finally catch up with the man himself, who has just had a very hectic few months setting up his new web design company. We had a bit of a chat, and I asked David about some of [...]
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An interview with David Rogers of Last Train to Lhasa
October 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Last Train to Lhasa - a fascinating traveller’s tale
October 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments
It was almost exactly a year ago, with another English winter on its way, that David Rogers decided that it might be more fun to spend winter in Tibet than in his usual London habitat, and so, travelling overland, he headed off east in the direction of Lhasa, Tibet. Thus, Last Train to Lhasa was [...]
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Dalat - the cool mountain town of Vietnam
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Vietnam has such hot summers that, back in the colonial days, the French, in a similar manner to the British in India, took to the hills where the weather is cooler. In doing so, they established the town of Dalat up in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, in the Annamese Mountain Range. Being 1,500m above [...]
