Ewan Kingston

Our well-grounded Kiwi reflects on his six month (almost flightless) odyssey from London to New Zealand, and answers all the usual questions on travel without wings

Thousands of miles by train, coach, bus, boat and foot and, at the last hurdle, Ewan finds that there's no way to cross the Tasman Sea except on metal wings...

Though it was slow, choppy, wet and tiring, Ewan looks back on his wind-powered crossing to Australia as an experience worth every minute

Ewan discovers that 'overland traveller' has become something of a category, but one into which he's happy to fit

Ewan travels south through Laos and Thailand, discovering a landscape that speaks of the awkward throes of industrialisation...

China may have plenty of coal-fired gigawatts, but the country knows a thing or two about sustainable and efficient transport, Ewan finds

Taking a break from his travels in southern China, Ewan surveys the wealth of campaigns and activist websites dedicated to showing that we care about the upcoming climate change negotiations

Ewan continues his journey by ferry from China to Japan but is still unsure if he's taken the most eco-friendly option

Ewan journeys south through China, lapping up culture and language, but all the while aware that any train he boards is likely to be effectively coal powered. Coach is it, then...

Ewan deviates from his odyssey to check out Mongolia, and finds a friendly country full of surprises but fully in thrall to King Coal...

In bunks 28-32, two poets, a phone salesman, a student, a German, and a Kiwi philosophise as they wend their way across the largest country on Earth...

Whilst worrying about the footprint of his ferry, Ewan gets an Eastern-bloc geography lesson, and is told some uncomfortable home truths about rainy old Blighty...

Ewan continues his overland journey to New Zealand by getting a taste of Sweden - and finding something of a green utopia...

What do you do if you're a homesick Kiwi stuck in Europe, who won't fly on ethical grounds? You take the long road...