10 Best Train Trips in the World
ben | 21 May, 2007 16:45GORP.com has a great article about the 10 top train trips in the world. The list:
- Canadian Rockies, Canada
- Coast Starlight, U.S.
- Sierra Madre Express, Mexico
- Cuzco to Machu Picchu, Peru
- Arctic Circle, Sweden/Norway
- Glacier Express, Switzerland
- Blue Train, South Africa
- Palace on Wheels, India
- Orient Express, Malaysia
- South Pacific, Australia
The only significant train ride I've been on that I can remember is an overnight from Chang Mai, Thailand to Bangkok. We paid for the budget sleeper accommodation, and budget it was! The blaring florescent lights never went off, it was steamy-hot all night, and the berth wasn't made for a towering Westerner like myself (er...a towering 5'8.5", so that it to say, the bed was quite short). But it was a fun experience, all the sweating aside. One nice third-world quirk: at one point in the night I went into the bathroom. There was a stainless steel toilet, no water. I pissed into the toilet and it looked as if the refuse was sloshing around a bit down in the dark hole, but the room itself smelled fine.
In the morning I went to piss again. Through the hole, in the morning light, I could see the base loose stone and ties of the railroad track. It wasn't the refuse I saw sloshing around in the night, it was the stone whizzing by! And all the shit and piss of the passengers simply dropped down onto the track. Kind of like when a cruise ship is in international waters, except way different!
Anyway, I think I'm due for a good trip soon, and #5 above looks quite appealing!
See the article here.
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