Tag: Trains
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Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca was a destination I felt we had to check out. It is the largest lake in South America and holds the title of the world’s highest navigable lake at 3812 metres. Also it is situated on a fairly convenient route into Bolivia. However before we talk about the lake we have to get…
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4 Countries, 4 Months
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Karen and I had a bit of discussion on what to talk about in this blog on our travels in Asia. It has been an absolutely unmitigated success and that makes it all the more challenging to try and summarize it. Through we have been treated to some incredible food during our time in Asia,…
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Osaka
We have been taking trains all through our trip in Japan, and loving it. Green cars (first class) when we could and Shinkansen (high speed) when available. With a population of around 2.67 million people, Osaka is the third most populous city in Japan. Honestly I felt more congested here than in Tokyo with their…
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Hakodate and Onward
Starting out our investigation of Japan at the more rural end of it is proving to be a good decision. The north end of the country is certainly more relaxed and allows one to avoid the culture shock that certainly could have an effect on some.
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Tren Maya
As big fans of train travel, when we heard the Yucatan peninsula was implementing a rail system we felt we had to check it out. After reading up on it a bit and speaking with some people in Playa del Carmen we did so with some trepidation. There are a lot of questions about the…
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Egyptian Transportation
I decided to wrap up our glimpse of Egypt with a post about our transportation there. There are many options when travelling and though we are fairly conventional with our travel, we do try to do some interesting things as well. If you are curious about travel I hope you find this interesting. Our time…
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Koh Samui, Thailand
As we planned our much anticipated return to Thailand we thought we would treat ourselves to an upgrade in our train travel. We have done a couple of night trains in second class, so for this trip in Thailand we blew the budget and got a first class cabin. We had taken the trouble to…
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Transportation Asia
I am excited to be writing this post. First reason, after several weeks of wandering in the technological hinterland of having a non-functioning laptop, I am back in business. Second, transportation in S.E. Asia has been a consistent high point in every country we have been in thus far. So I am excited to be…