Tony Waltham: records and diaries of travels
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Diary of a journey by trains through Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Guilin, Kunming, Shilin, Guiyang, Anshun, Chongqing, Yangtze Gorges, Wuhan, Beijing, Great Wall, Trans-Siberian Express, Mongolia, Siberia, Moscow, Poland.
Diary of a journey by train and buses through Beijing, Badaling, Turfan, Silk Road, Gaochang, Bezeklik, Taklimakan, Kashgar, Sunday market, Tashkorgan, Khunjerab, Karakoram Highway, Hunza, Baltit, Gilgit, Rawalpindi, Islamabad.
Diary of a journey round China in a quiet year soon after the Tiananmen Square event, via Xian, Hua Shan, Chongqing, Guiyang, Tianxingqiao, Guilin, Li Jiang, Yangshuo, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, Beijing.
Diary of a journey round the world to include time in Kamchatka, including Alaska, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay, Chitina, Cordova, Russia, Petropavlovsk, Avacha volcano, Valley of Geysers, Dachnye, Mutnovsky caldera, Gorely, Khabarovsk, Rossiya train, Irkutsk, Moscow.
Diary of a journey largely by train through Samarkand, Bukhara, Tashkent, Kazakhstan, Aralsk, Aral sea, Almaty, Urumqi, Tianchi, Lanzhou, Binglingsi, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong, Leshan, Beijing, Mutianyu, Pyongyang, Kaesong, Panmunjon, Myohyang, Nampo, Badaling.
Diary of an overland journey by various means through Hong Kong, Wuhan, Yichang, Yangtze Gorges, Chongqing, Wulong, Leye, Guilin, Vietnam, Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, Saigon, Mekong Delta, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Tonle Sap, Angkor Wat, Thailand, Bangkok, Phangnga, Railay, Ko Muk, Malaysia, Langkawi, Penang, Ipoh, Batu, Kuala Lumpur.
A field trip through the karst of China, including Chongqing, Wulong, Furong Dong, San Qiao, Erwang Dong, Xiaozhai Tiankeng, Leye, Chuan Dong, Dashiwei Tiankeng, Huangjing Tiankeng, Fengshan, Guanyan Dong, Guilin.
Diaries of the two classic treks out of Pokhara: Annapurna Circuit via Marsyangdi Valley, Thorung La, Muktinath, Kali Gandaki Valley; Annapurna Sanctuary via Modi Khola Valley, Chomrong.
Diary of a journey in a most unsuitable car over the high passes of the Indian Himalaya and into Ladakh, via the Spiti Vallety, the Manali to Leh highway and the Taglang La.
Incident at the Harpan River Cave, Nepal.
Diary of the kora trek round the sacred mountain of Kailash, from Darchen up the Lha Chu valley, past Tarboche, over the Drolma La and down the Zhong Chu valley.
A book of reports that Jan sent back home while we were on various travels all over the world; easy reading of travel experiences, all written in Jan’s brilliant style.
Photos from the overland journey from Kathmandu to Lhasa, via Tingri, Rongbuk, Shigatse, Sakya, Gyantse, and the grasslands of Nam Co.
Photos of Tibetan pilgrims on the kora circuit of Mount Kailas.
Photos from Rajasthan, Pushkar, Jaisalmer, Udaipur, Jaipur, Amritsar, Himalayas, Shimla, Spiti, Ladakh, Leh and Darjeeling.
Photos from the Ganges Valley, Calcutta, Varanasi, Agra, Delhi, Haridwar and Kedarnath.
Photos from peninsular India, Mumbai, Western Ghats, Porbander, Nashik, Kerala, Cochin, Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, Chettinad and Madurai.
Diary of a tour through North Korea, including Pyongyang, Kaesong, Panmunjon, Mount Paekdu, Chongjin, Myohyang, and the Arirang Mass Games with Kim Jong Un.
Memories and photos of Syria in a time of peace, at Damascus, Maloula, the norias of Hama, Tartous and Arwad Island, Palmyra and Bosra.
Photographs of Jan travelling in India, her favourite country, compiled as a memorial after she died.
Photographs of Jan travelling to many countries over the years, compiled as a memorial after she died.