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Once the Kunming-Singapore link opens, you'll be able to ride to rails to the southernmost point in continental Asia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming%E2%80%93Singapore_rail...

Despite the name it's actually a series of different routes, and while all of them still have gaps, the Boten-Vientiane link connecting China to Thailand (and hence Singapore) via Laos is scheduled to open in late 2021:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vientiane%E2%80%93Boten_railwa...

Although the corresponding line on the Chinese side also needs to open (ETA 2022):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuxi%E2%80%93Mohan_railway

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Thanks for posting this as I surprised that the route stopped in Saigon when I thought one would be able to find a way to Malaysia or maybe even Singapore (not sure if there are rails across the straight anymore). Hadn't thought of heading back around.

The line to central Singapore has been closed, but there is still a pathetic shuttle service that crosses the causeway from Johor Bahru:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTM_Intercity#Operational_serv...

There are plans to replace this with a metro service and eventually build high-speed rail between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, but both have been repeatedly bogged down by politics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johor_Bahru%E2%80%93Singapore_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur%E2%80%93Singapore...

It's been a dream of mine to travel overland from Singapore to London. This would make it a lot easier, but probably a lot less fun.

A cousin of mine has been doing this the other way around. She is riding a bicycle home to Australia from London.

She made it across Europe and Russia, all the way to the Chinese border before Covid-19 hit and the Chinese wouldn't permit her to enter, so she has backed tracked to Tbilisi to wait it out before continuing.

Is her name Lauren O’Bryan? Because your story reminded me of a similar story in an ABC article [1] profiling ppl stuck overseas with the pandemic.

[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/coronavirus-pandemic-...

Indeed

Tbilisi is a great little cozy place to stay put for a while. They did well to contain covid cases.

You’ll probably enjoy “First Overland” [1], it’s a great travel story. There was an expedition in 2019 sort of recreating it[2] with one of the original vehicles and characters.

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336877.First_Overland?fr... [2] https://www.lastoverland.com/

Depends which direction you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Across_the_World_(series_... was good, aside from the winners. Series 2 was better.

maybe if you just stayed on the train the whole time but the great thing about trains is there's another one tomorrow!

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