Amsterdam to Hong Kong

Guest travelogue, Part 1

Loyal readers will know that this newsletter loves a train trip, any train trip at all.

So when reader and fellow seaside villager William McCartney emailed his regrets for missing the Kia Kaha play by reason of being on a train in Central Asia having Type 2 fun, I immediately requested a travelogue.

He has obligingly responded with this, Episode 1, in …