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13 March 2023

Blog entries
We wake up in a different world. Well, in fact, we woke up many times, last night, each time the train pulled into the next station, blowing its horn without any consideration for its passengers. But you easily fall asleep again on the rhythm of wheels on the tracks. With first light, looking outside, the [...]
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12 March 2023

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The trade-off from yesterday’s early stop is that today we have an early start, leaving at 5.30. It is still dark, and the electricity in the hotel has gone off during the night – the ceiling fan, too. We pack our bags without light, except for the small torch I am carrying. It is too [...]
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34. into Thailand

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From the Thai border crosssing at Nong Khai we travel by train through the Isaan, NE Thailand.
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19. the Andimeshk to Dorud railway

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What we thought was going to be a rough train ride, turned out to be one of the most comfortable rides ever, through fabulous mountain scenery in between the tunnels.
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15. Yogyakarta (1)

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A very pleasant train ride to what is reputed to be one of Indonesia's nicest cities; touristic it is, but not disturbingly so, and different modes of transport are endless.
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08. Bogor

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Bogor is home to the more than 200 year old brilliant Botanical Gardens, a spectacle of trees, plants and flowers, especially its orchids. Getting there is a whole different story.
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(10) Travel to Zhanye

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By train from Lanzhou to Zhanye, with views from the train window, and from our fellow passengers.
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(3) Travel to Tianshui

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By train from Xi'an to Tianshui, a fairly slow, but comfortable way of traveling in 'soft sleeper' class.
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06. the delay

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It was quite a sight, yesterday morning. Very early, at 7.15 am, very cold at -11 oC. Dark. Chilling wind. Not wanting to wear our winter coats for just a short walk to the station – who needs a winter coat in the Horn of Africa? -, we had instead opted for multiple layers of [...]
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05. the railway

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Less than two days to departure, I can’t wait – partly to do with the fact that it has started freezing and snowing in The Netherlands. As I wrote earlier, we had to adjust our program, which means that Djibouti – for which I have always had this inexplicable desire to visit – will now [...]
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