Monisha Rajesh’s second book is a tremendous global adventure, filled with memorable characters, locations and stories. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall).

In a particularly fascinating chapter, Rajesh and Jem follow the route of the Death Railway through Thailand (it originally continued into Myanmar but that section no longer exists).To clarify, I don't care if she traveled third class, I care that she repeatedly complains about her decision.

Her second book, Around the World in 80 Trains (2019) won the National Geographic Travel Book of the year and was shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Award.

Perhaps it was a simple misunderstanding, but Rajesh had failed to realise beforehand that Eurail passes only really save you money if you make a plan and stick to it. What frustrated me the most is that she thought she was going to be killed in her hotel in Canada because she’s of Indian heritage and instead it was the bang of the AC. But it wasn’t long before she was carefully plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles – almost twice the circumference of the Earth – coasting along the world’s most remarkable railways; from the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet’s Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. Entertaining 45,000 mile journey via rail to Europe, Asia, North America by a British journalist and her fiance. If a destination is described its mainly about the hotel or restaurant, or about very predictable topics: Visit the Great Wall when you’re in China.