Hi all Just wanted to give you a glimpse of life on board our Gold Train as we travel across a vast land of some 7,000 plus kms, Sydney to Perth and back, over 15 days of travel. As we have no laundry facilities on board the train, we need to give our dirty clothes to our guide assistant for ... Read More

Hi to all Our Trans Siberian Train journey started on the train in Mongolia. Where in the world is Mongolia you may well ask? It is a land locked country that has its borders with China and Russia. It was once the ruler of both China and Russia when Mongol leader Genghis Khan (1162-1227) conquered lands from China across eastern ... Read More

Hi All, Just to let you know that life on board the Train is not always on the train. There was a stop to enjoy an evening BBQ meal on our exclusive rail section for Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is known worldwide as the largest lake by volume in the world. It is the deepest lake in the world, and its ... Read More

Hi All, In December of 1825, a group of Noble army officers who had been fighting in France against Napoleon, returned home with ideas of Liberty and wanted to bring such changes to Russia. This of course was a revolutionary idea in Czarist Russia. Even though these men were of Noble families they still wanted life to change in Russia. ... Read More

Hi to all, Our time along the Trans Siberian rail system across Siberia and the town of Irkutsk provided many opportunities to learn new aspects of life in this vast land. We visited a family home for lunch and then we took a walk through the forest and learnt to identify the different trees and what they were used for in ... Read More

Hi to all PMC members, You may have thought we were travelling on a train for all of the Trans Siberian Rail journey. So did we, until a few days before the tour when we were advised the Chinese government was taking all private trains to transport all its officials to a large meeting in Beijing. That meant we were ... Read More

Hi All Our journey continues to bring many exciting and very different experiences of people, cultures and government approaches to their peoples. China and its capital, Beijing, is a place that is very quickly moving to bring modern facilities to its over 20 million residents. Beijing is the third largest city in China with its population growing rapidly with many people ... Read More

Hi PMC members Little did our PMC group realise the adventure they were to experience over the next 10 days on their private circle tour of Iceland when they arrived in the capital Reykjavik. With a population of 325,000, tourists are flocking to see this land that offers such a variety of landscapes. Certainly the weather was quite fresh with ... Read More

Hi All, The contrast of sea and land was constant on our travels. We headed to the Estonian capital and Port of Tallinn. The port was very vibrant with much construction of port facilities to enable the growing flow of tourists and the welcoming nature of the Estonians. The smallest Baltic country but one of the most lovely with its displays of spring and ... Read More

Hi All PMC Members, Our cruising experience to the Scandinavian and Baltic Countries has been just a magnificent combination of varied weather, scenery and people. We left London for Dover in drizzle and encountered one of the wettest summers they have had in northern Europe for some time. Fortunately by the time we reached Dover Harbour 3 hours later some clouds ... Read More