Train Ride

I couldn't wait to leave China! After all the "fun" I had there I was glad to have a break from some of the crap I had to go through on a daily basis. Anyway I didn't know much about Mongolia, we had bought a ticket to the capital of Mongolia, Ulaan ...

Went back to Christchurch throught Arthur's Pass. It's ranked as one of the 5 most beautiful train rides in the World...just didn't show it on my trip. No, it was very cloudy, the lowest hanging clouds I'v ever seen. So low that they were just a hill ...

I feel so fed up, sitting with my suitcase, my greasy hair, the incessant sounds of the train station loudspeaker circling in recording loops. Warning you, instructing you, reminding you. A world bent on noise and rules, times and vigilance. ...

... part of me taking over. As we moved further into the Sierras the snow got heavier and and the views more magnificent. This really is a train ride worth taking in your life, if you enjoy that kind of thing. The Sierras are beautiful and to be on a train ...

From John: We're riding a train and hopefully we’re only an hour or two out of Amritsar. Will make for about a 24 hour train ride. Left Varanasi last night at around 7:00 pm and were to arrive in Delhi at around 7:00 am and were to have a 3 hour ...

Tony here. Our 17 hour train ride from Xi'an to Chengdu started to show us exactly how big China really is.  We left for the train station in the late morning and boarded the train around 3pm.  As with most trains in Asia, the sights are often ...

Today we wake bright & early to catch the 2 hour train ride to the city of Rennes, from there we take a 75 minute tour bus ride to the famous Mont St. Michel.  This place is awesome!  It's an all day trip, we'll get back home around 7pm, then ...

... happy about not being asked to sub though...     I made it back home and got my bag all packed up for my train ride out to Amsterdam.   This was my first trip out of Switzerland, and I was Really excited!   I had a ...

... the best part of the train ride was trying to sleep during the night. Stephanie and I were periodically switching places throughout the train ride, and since I started in the window seat, I had the pleasure of sitting in the aisle seat for the night. ...

... you´re sitting comfortably... One of the reasons for going to Riobamba was to go on this much advertised and hyped train ride from Riobamba to a place about 5 hours away called Alausi, and from there the train takes you ...

... say Rosalind and I have kicked the jet-lag (or at least we think we have).  Today was the much anticipated high-speed train ride.  I initially wanted to go from Beijing to Shanghai and back (4 hours and 50 minutes each way) to experience a long ...

... the rail car, jump to the next rail car and climb in. Then repeat this in reverse to return ... what fun!!!! After the train ride, I returned to Baños and all my friends continued on their individual journeys. Check out the photos.... And finally, I am ...

The train ride back to Winnipeg was very different from the ride up. Now we had 9 friends to hang out with. Four of us were in coach (Me, Julie, Katherine, and Wally). Annette, Charlotte, Marilyn, Deborah, Jan, Tom, and Morgan all had berths. Katherine ...

... train (turista) left an hour after the first, and was half the cost, so we took that one.  The beginning of the train ride was actually somewhat depressing.  We passed tiny dusty shacks that were people´s houses for a good while.  At one ...

... for Cusco, its like why take a bus, its cheaper and quicker, but its a bus, and after days of bus travel surely a scenic train ride is a more exciting option   The seating is two seaters facing each other with a table in the middle, comfy, we have ...

... cleaning up but the town is still a hole, with the only attraction being: The 'Nariz Del Diablo', or ‘Devils Nose’ train ride. I found a nice hostel and got a private room for a few dollars a night. It had been a while between internet ...

... will be ended up like me must go thru the local agency for the tickets.  Went I read the website regards to the train ride to Sapa there are private and government run train I thought there are many type of trains and from the schedule look that ...

... American guy called Avram, and I - ended up chatting at the train station café until departure time. The mountain scenery on the train ride was indeed pretty spectacular.  The novelty about taking this train ride was going to be to ride on the roof ...

... were stuck on the very top bunk (with very little head room), they let us stow our bags underneath their bottom bunks. The train ride was relatively uneventful. We spent most of the time sleeping, some of the time watching movies/listening to music, and a ...

... is one of the MOST SCENIC train rides in THE WORLD. It shuttles between Christchurch and Greymouth once a day, a 4.5 hr train ride each way. It traverses through mountains, fields of flowers, and meandering rivers. Transalpine takes you through tunnels, ...