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07/01/2025

Just dropping this one in here... remind you of anything?!🤔

02/01/2025

We're back (after a little break!)

Let's kick off 2025 with a gratitude post to our fabulous guides 🫶🏼 (see the photo captions)

YOU appreciated their humour, level of enthusiasm and depth of 'secret' local knowledge, making for fun times - and trips that will stay in your memories forever.

WE appreciate their attention to detail and next level of kindness and care in making you feel safe and well looked after.🙏

Happy 2025 to all of our MagRailers and our extended team all around the world 🥂🎉

15/12/2024

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29/11/2024

Hi! it’s Mat here, CEO of MagRail.

(If I’m looking a wee bit tired it’s because it’s the final day of a big travel conference)

I’ve been seeing a lot of travel companies advertising ‘Black Friday’ specials

Just to be clear - we will NEVER do this

I think it’s completely unfair for someone to take the leap of faith and help to fill up a trip and then have bargain hunters sn**ch the last spots for 20% less

That’s just not how we work!

Maybe we’d make more profit in the short term but we’re in the long term game

28/11/2024

No. 42 Nguyen Hue Street, Ho Chi Minh city!

(aka Cafe Apartment Building) - one of Saigon's many quirks :)

20/11/2024

Speaking of food! (Mat mentioned it last time...)

Just ask this MagRail crew about JAPAN!🥳

And our Lou - she's our in-house authority on all (authentic) foods of Japanese!

26/10/2024

Hello from Singapore!!

Hi, it’s Mat here, CEO of Magnificent Rail.

I’ve just been road-testing our Singapore to Bangkok trip

And I have to say ..

The fact that there are still spots available on this trip is a crime against the heavens..!

If you like great food (ie like 96% of the population), this is possibly the best trip you could do

Oh my, did I put on a bit of a food belly…

Regrets? I have none!

17/10/2024

An eye on details! 🫶 Travel with Joanne's captures from Tashkent.

08/10/2024

Here we have another glimpse into the Silk Road journey through the eyes of Travel with Joanne...

04/10/2024

We have a social media 'takeover' for you today!
Six days ago our Silk Road Rail Adventure kicked off in Kazakhstan and we have Travel with Joanne along for the ride. Here's some of the trip so far - through her eyes!🫶

02/10/2024

Just rolling out some 'MagRail Family' snaps with our guide Pragee, from the recently-completed Sri Lanka Rail Adventure... Fun times!🥳 And more to come... 🫶

30/09/2024

Here's our excited team member, Radina (from Bulgaria), welcoming our Budapest-to-Istanbul MagRailers to Sofia yesterday! Radina lives locally and was more than happy to pop in to lunch with her happy vibe and say 'hi'... hi Radi! 👋😍

For all you MagRailers doing our 'Balkans' and 'Budapest to Istanbul' adventures, it's not unusual that you'll meet someone from our European team, who are spread out across these regions 😁 We love it! 🫶

04/09/2024

Would you do it?! Hard to say 'no' to taking a dip in Croatia's Adriatic Sea on Hvar Island.

This MagRailer made the most it! It's all just part of the ongoing adventures between train rides....

23/08/2024

I just spent the last 3 months in the Balkans - and here’s what you’re in for!

Hi everyone, it’s Mat here from the founding team of Magnificent Rail.

I’ve actually been based in Montenegro for the last 3 months; working remotely from here.

Given all those Balkans trips we’re running, it felt like the perfect place to be.

Over the last few months, I’ve been able to sn**ch little trips, auditing our hotels on the Balkans by Rail trip but also the Budapest to Istanbul adventure.

Here’s what you should know …

1. The Balkans is no picnic. As a region it’s fascinating, saddening, beautiful, and maddening. Soaring mountains, yes, but also nationalist graffiti … the wounds haven’t fully healed. And as you travel the region, you get to hear everyone’s perspectives and stories. In short, it’s complex stuff.

2. This area is so beautiful and with so much variety of scenery! The photos uploaded here today are largely from my train trip from Bar (Montenegro) to Uzice (Serbia), but there’s also a sprinkling of Kosovo. As I write this message, we have a group literally riding that exact train. They’re close to the Serbian border, and have just seen some pretty spectacular canyons.

3. Each country is unique. Since Yugoslavia broke apart, some countries thrived and others didn’t. The difference, as you travel, is very noticeable ..

4. Yet, some things are in common. The food, for example, is largely very similar across the region (at least to this novice). Lots of meat, dairy, and vegetables.

We do adventures, not holidays. If you’re a curious, open person who can handle the occasional bump in the journey, I’d say that the Balkans is for you!

Mat.

22/08/2024

What do we think?

10/08/2024

The Australia-Scotland connection - spotted on our MagRail Scotland trip 😀 🦘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

24/07/2024

Guess what MagRailers?!🚂

We've got 10 departures coming up, through to November...

5 of those are LAUNCH TRIPS!

We are dying to see these adventures!

The launch trips yet to depart are:

1. Sri Lanka (Sep)

2. Budapest to Istanbul (Sep)

3. Silk Road (Sep)

4. Japan (Oct)

5. Southern India (Nov)

[Pictured are our MagRailers from the Cambodia/Laos trip]

17/07/2024

Vietnam in 12 photos...

Just looking back on these Vietnam trips - how to not feel happy & chill with these massive smiles all round.... and possibly the happiest guide out there!😄

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Ana here from the team! Just wanted to share this exquisite, mouthwatering clip of potato 'pita' in the making! 🤤😋 Apparently, the secret is in getting the pastry super, paper-thin - as you can see, it's practically see-through! MagRailers on our Balkans trip are getting some awesome insider tips on how to prepare it 🤗 I just want to leave you with some final words on the name 😊 In other parts of the Balkans, this specialty is referred to as 'burek', for example in Croatia where I'm from we refer to all of the filled pastries as burek - whether it's meat, cheese, spinach or potato. BUT!☝️ In Bosnia-Herzegovina, only the meat-filled pastry is burek - the other fillings are always 'pita'. So while in Rome (ie Sarajevo) - this is pita. Also - and this is a personal 'peeve' 😅... technically, this is not 'pie', so I'm not sure why locals translate it that way. You can see that it's a flaky pastry after it's baked. So I prefer to call this either potato pastry (for English) or burek (because I'm Croatian) - but if I was visiting BiH I would definitely be using the local 'pita' 😄

Far from home - our MagRailers' magical encounter with the bell-shaped spires of Borobudur.

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