The Antipodean Express

Contents
Dramatis personae 1
Introduction 4
Sunday, 31 March Wellington to Auckland 6
Monday, 1 April Auckland to Sydney 11
Tuesday, 2 April Sydney and the Blue Mountains 13
Wednesday, 3 April Sydney to Bogan Gate 15
Thursday, 4 April Broken Hill to Adelaide 18
Friday, 5 April Adelaide and Hahndorf 20
Saturday, 6 April Adelaide and Kangaroo Island 22
Sunday, 7 April Adelaide to Mabel Creek 24
Monday, 8 April Marla and Alice Springs 26
Tuesday, 9 April Tennant Creek to Katherine and Darwin 28
Wednesday, 10 April Darwin 30
Thursday, 11 April Darwin to Denpasar 32
Friday,12 April Denpasar to Banyuwangi 34
Saturday, 13 April Banyuwangi and Kawah Ijen 38
Sunday, 14 April Banyuwangi to Surabaya 41
Monday, 15 April Surabaya to Borobudur 44
Tuesday, 16 April Borobudur and Yogyakarta 46
Wednesday, 17 April Yogyakarta 50
Thursday, 18 April Yogyakarta to Jakarta 53
Good Friday, 19 April Jakarta 55
Saturday, 20 April At sea 59
Easter Sunday, 21 April Bintan, Singapore and Malacca 61
Monday, 22 April Malacca 65
Tuesday, 23 April Malacca to Kuala Lumpur 68
Wednesday, 24 April Kuala Lumpur to George Town 72
Thursday, 25 April George Town 75
Friday, 26 April George Town to Hat Yai and beyond 78
Saturday, 27 April Bangkok 83
Sunday, 28 April Bangkok to Siem Reap 86
Monday, 29 April Siem Reap to Phnom Penh 90
Tuesday, 30 April Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City 93
May Day, Wednesday, 1 May Ho Chi Minh City 97
Thursday, 2 May The Unification Express, Vietnam 101
Friday, 3 May Hanoi 104
Saturday, 4 May Hanoi and Ninh Bình 107
Sunday, 5 May ?ong ??ng to Hong Kong 110
Monday, 6 May Hong Kong 115
Tuesday, 7 May Hong Kong to Hangzhou 119
Wednesday, 8 May West Lake 122
Thursday, 9 May Hangzhou to Xi'an 125
Friday, 10 May Xi'an 128
Saturday, 11 May Xi'an to Xining 131
Sunday, 12 May Xining to Lhasa 136
Monday, 13 May Lhasa 139
Tuesday, 14 May Lhasa 142
Wednesday, 15 May Lhasa to Shigatse 145
Thursday, 16 May Shigatse to Rongbuk 149
Friday, 17 May Rongbuk to Shigatse 153
Saturday, 18 May Shigatse to Lhasa 155
Sunday, 19 May Lhasa to Tongtianheyan 158
Monday, 20 May Tongtianheyan to Liangzhen 161
Tuesday, 21 May Beijing 163
Wednesday, 22 May Beijing to Erenhot 166
Thursday, 23 May Erenhot to Sukhbaatar 171
Friday, 24 May Naushki to Irkutsk 174
Saturday, 25 May Irkutsk to Listvyanka 181
Sunday, 26 May Listvyanka 187
Monday, 27 May Listvyanka to Nizhneudinsk 190
Tuesday, 28 May Nizhneudinsk to Tatarsk 193
Wednesday, 29 May Omsk to Kirov 197
Thursday, 30 May Kirov to Suzdal 200
Friday, 31 May Suzdal 205
Saturday, 1 June Suzdal to Moscow 210
Sunday, 2 June Moscow 214
Monday, 3 June Moscow 220
Tuesday, 4 June Moscow to Smolensk 225
Wednesday, 5 June Orsha to Gotha 228
Thursday, 6 June Eisenach to Paris 233
Friday, 7 June Paris 237
Saturday, 8 June Anne's birthday in Paris 240
Sunday, 9 June Paris to Figueres 243
Monday, 10 June Figueres to Cadaques 246
Tuesday, 11 June Cadaques and Far de Cala Nans 250
Wednesday, 12 June Cadaques and Cap de Creus 253
Thursday, 13 June Cadaques to Barcelona 256
Friday, 14 June Barcelona 259
Saturday, 15 June Barcelona to Salamanca 263
Sunday, 16 June Alaejos 267
Monday, 17 to Salamanca to Wellington 275
Friday, 28 June

MAPS
Route of the Antipodean Express viii New Zealand North Island 9
Eastern Australia 16
Central Indonesia 35
Singapore 62
Peninsular Malaysia 69
Thailand 79
Cambodia 91
Vietnam 100
China and Mongolia 111
Hong Kong 116
Central Russia 177
Primorsky Slyudyanka 179
Western Russia and Belarus 196
Poland 230
Germany 232
France 234
Spain 247
Index 279