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Tim Richards

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Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

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Travel, History, Fantasy

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Tim Richards is a freelance travel writer whose work has appeared in publications around the world, including Lonely Planet’s guidebooks.

He fell into travel writing after living and teaching in Egypt and Poland, and is especially drawn to the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. He’s a light-packing obsessive, and loves chasing down a story with a historical angle.

Tim lives in Melbourne’s lively central business district with his novelist wife, Narrelle M Harris.

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	Eastern Europe by Mara Vorhees (Goodreads Author), Tim Richards (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 1989 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[POLAND] by (Author)Baker, Mark on Apr-01-12 by Lonely Planet, Mark Baker, Marc di Duca 4.03 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1993 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heading South: Far North Queensland to Western Australia by Rail 3.88 avg rating — 48 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mind the Gap 2.89 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Have Here the Homicide 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ultimate Train Journeys: World it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Train to Anywhere it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am a Bond Villain: A Travel Writer's Strange Affair With Britain & Ireland 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kick of Stalin's Cow: Travels in Post-Communist Poland 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poland (Lonely Planet Country Guides) by Neal Bedford (1-May-2008) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys

by Tom Chesshyre

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Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court

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Tiny Islands: 60 Remarkable Little Worlds Around Britain

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Tim Richards rated a book liked it Not Cool: Europe by Train in a Heatwave by Jules Brown (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charming but a bit dull Travelling with older people sounds like an interesting idea. What results in this book is a pleasant series of holidays with nice old people who sometimes have wise things to say, but mostly just chat like everyday people. Eas ...more
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Tim Richards rated a book it was ok Slow Trains to Istanbul: ...And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides by Tom Chesshyre	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tim Richards rated a book it was amazing Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built – And How They Transformed the City by Christian Wolmar	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“My second law of long-distance train travel is to get up early enough to use the shower before anyone else does, so you encounter it while it’s pristine. (The first is never to buy coffee at a train station.)”
― Tim Richards, Heading South: Far North Queensland to Western Australia by Rail

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