Travel articles, posts and journal entries dealing or involved with train travel
Travel Journal Overview: The guide book said the place was a nightmare, I didn’t believe a word of it. I was right. Varanasi quickly won me over, and my true like for India became evident. I left the train and bid Garima farewell as she met her uncle on the platform. The station was not …
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Travel Journal Overview: I was leaving New Delhi for Varanasi via train. In truth my rush through India was better than I had expected. I still wasn’t over awed by the place. But I could see the charm of the place. What’s more my planned Christmas meet up in Nepal had been canceled. All of …
Continue reading “Winning train lottery and spending the night with an Indian girl …”
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Travel Journal Overview: I’d already learned not to have high expectations. I was pushing these feelings as far down as possible about India every minute. True the Golden Temple was amazing, but the country continued to rub me the wrong way. Getting a simple train ticket was just another example. I was at the train …
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Travel Journal Overview:Not being able to travel through SWAT valley I had to take the 40 hour train trip that traversed most of the country just to get a few hours north to Peshawar. I expected to be long and boring, instead it was a highlight. Our conversations ranged from the ancient history of Alexander’s …
Continue reading “Quetta to Peshawar a 40 hour train trip with some interesting people”
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Travel Journal Overview: East Europe is indeed the place for trains. Cheap, fast, and comfortable. I had met a guy heading in a similar direction to me. So I skipped over Bulgaria by taking a train through it. I do now of course wish I had visited it. But as I reveal in my book, …
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Travel Journal Overview: Traveling via east European trains is a great way to see the country. Unfortunately it’s also a place where you can meet obnoxious tourists. In my book this is the turning point I have in Europe about finding home. A little delay on the train meant I met a nice Romanian American …
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Travel Journal Overview: Sighisoara, I could actually pronounce this place, which is unusual for me. I’d heard the place was going to be turned into a giant Dracula Theme park in the future. So I decided to visit now, before I never wanted to go back. Turn out to offer many little insights. Again, in …
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