Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2007)

Thirty-three years after his first railway odyssey, Theroux retraces his footsteps across Eastern Europe, India, and Southeast Asia to evaluate the consequences of globalisation and political turnover. He finds Soviet-era borders dismantled and ancient cities transformed by consumer capitalism, revealing how transit corridors evolve alongside global politics. The contrast highlights how modern prosperity and civil conflict have rewritten the Eurasian landscape.