While most of us just dream of packing up & heading off into the sunset experienced travellers John & Jane Richardson pulled on their rucksacks & lived the dream during a life-changing eight months exploring America Australia & Malaysia. This is not a hurried dash from country to country John & Jane are ' Grey Nomads' mature travellers wanting to shop cook & understand the people & communities they interact with during their journeys. Keen to use as many forms of transport as possible they undertook two great train adventures; a memorable twenty three hours on the Californian Zephyr across America & the fascinating jungle railway through the centre of Malaysia to the Islamic state of Kelantan on the border with Thail&. From encounters with bears & wolves in Yellowstone Park to Queensland's worst ever floods
- they take the time to understand the people they met & the places they've visited. Full of stories sometimes amusing sometimes serious The Grey Nomads is an enchanting travelogue of life on the road for two mature travellers.