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Train Travel in Southeast Asia
Train Travel in Southeast Asia facebook twitter google+ pinterest Train travel in Southeast Asia has a great feel. Forget the traffic jams, the honking, the backpacker traps, and the risk of having your bag razored on a crowded overnight bus. If you travel by train, you can have increased security and comfort at affordable prices, as most trains provide clean and comfortable beds serving as overnight moving hotels. Furthermore, train travel in Southeast Asia will take you through patches of land that would be impossible to see from the major highway routes. Traveling on the rails allows you to get […]
Beijing To Lhasa – A Train Journey To The Top Of The World
Beijing To Lhasa – A Train Journey To The Top Of The World facebook twitter google+ pinterest It’s three hours before the T27 is due to leave on a balmy Sunday night but at West Beijing Station, a vast railway nexus in China’s bursting-at-the-seams capital, there’s no such thing as “too early”. Waiting is a game of musical chairs, with a soundtrack of shouted announcements about the imminent departure of other trains, until the platform gates open suddenly and I’m caught in a human tide flowing beside ours. When I see my carriage number, I breaststroke through the crowd to […]