About
Old World Wandering tells the story of two overland journeys through Europe, Asia and Africa. The first of these was from London to Shanghai. Over the course of 18 months, Claire and I covered 39,000 kilometres, passed through 20 countries and slept in a variety of bad hotels. We embarked on our second journey in January 2011, after three years in China. Our first stop was the seedy Hotel Samrat in Mumbai. We spent three months in India, flew to Bangkok, dawdled through Southeast Asia to China, from where we will – eventually – make our way overland to Cape Town, which we both call home.
Find out more
- Us: More people read about Claire, probably because she has pretty eyes. I have a profile too.
- Shanghai to Cape Town, overland: Our rough itinerary, and a good place to make suggestions.
- London to Shanghai, overland: Our route from one end of Eurasia to the other, with links to articles and photos uploaded along the way.
- Photos: We’ve taken 25,000 since leaving London and put the best online.
- Map: Both journeys charted on a Google map. The region pages also have maps, with article links.
- Categories: We’ve broken the old world into regions. Moving west to east, following the course of our first journey, there’s the British Isles, the Continent, the Near East, Middle East and North Africa, the Indian Subcontinent and the Far East. On our second journey, we’ll revisit the Indian Subcontinent, the Far East, the Middle East and North Africa as well as pass through Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Contact Us: Write to me at iain@oldworldwandering.com or Claire at claire@oldworldwandering.com or call us anywhere.
yeah, I like to read the article claire wrote, because she has pretty eyes, rose cheek when she drink al little.