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The languid beauty of a 126-hour train trip [Trans-Siberian]
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| August 24, 2016
| Jackie Friedman
Posted on 08/24/2016 6:37:28 AM PDT by C19fan
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Are there showers? Seems like a fascinating trip but I wonder if the BO smell gets worse and worse.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:37:28 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Does the Orchestra play Rock and Roll Christmas songs the whole trip?
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:40:15 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
To: C19fan
The landscape I’m sure is great at times. I’m sure one could enjoy this long train ride with a languid beauty.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:41:48 AM PDT
by
poconopundit
(When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
To: C19fan
An engineering marvel in its time
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:42:16 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: cyclotic
“Does the Orchestra play Rock and Roll Christmas songs the whole trip?”
I see what you did there.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:42:41 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(It appears as if Trump is our Yeltsin.)
To: C19fan
1 million conifers and you have seen them all.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:44:17 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Poo poo the polls at Trump's peril.)
To: C19fan
Are there showers? Seems like a fascinating trip but I wonder if the BO smell gets worse and worse.No showers, but there IS vodka!
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:44:31 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Some jokes, even bad ones like this just write themselves.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:46:25 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
To: cyclotic
Does the Orchestra play Rock and Roll Christmas songs the whole trip?Yes, and each passenger is issued a laser pointer. Open a window for the snow effect...
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:47:13 AM PDT
by
laker_dad
To: C19fan
The picture of the horse carcass on the side of the track made me want to sign up!
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:49:50 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
To: laker_dad
They can mount one of the laser yard light things on the roof of each car. Only $19.95 each and we’ll send a separate one FREE. Just pay additional shipping and handling.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:50:22 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
To: C19fan
I’m not qualified to comment on the artistic or technical quality of the pictures, but they seem to depict a lot of squalor. Sleeping baby was cute.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:52:18 AM PDT
by
perez24
(Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.)
To: C19fan
126 hours? I don’t know about that. I love train travel and the California Zephr (Chicago to San Francisco ) is half that time but I’m ready to get off when we get there. People traveling coach for two days are pretty gamey and uncomfortable. I wouldn’t consider it without a bed and shower on board.
To: Puppage
Holes over the tracks for human waste disposal?
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:53:17 AM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: C19fan
If you like adventure and don’t mind a few chickens on the train... or spend the extra money and don’t travel as a local. That’s what I hear...
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:57:15 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Leftist agitators employ fascist tactics Kyle Olson. FRAUD IS DONE BY VOTING THOSE WHO DON'T SHOW UP)
To: C19fan
It looks Russian, like photos of our Depression era. Kinda depressing, but I’d do it if there was a bar car. However, seeing it is Russia, every car’s probably a bar car!
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:57:18 AM PDT
by
W.
(Hillary for sale: The $2 whore of politics!)
To: treetopsandroofs
Saw the movie Snow Piercer last week. I couldn’t imagine getting on this train wondering what goes on in the back.
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posted on
08/24/2016 6:59:21 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(It appears as if Trump is our Yeltsin.)
To: hardspunned
Have done the Zephyr a couple of times as well but only with the bedroom/bath combo. I did walk through coach once on day three and it was like walking into Dante’s Inferno, yikes.
It looks like you can get a two-bed room on this train that shares a bath/shower with the adjacent sleeper. Probably tiny.
I see a caution that this is not a tourist train but a commuter train. No bar!
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:04:48 AM PDT
by
keat
To: C19fan
Just don’t respond if a burly man in a grey suit asks to borrow a match. If you can’t avoid answering, be sure not to say you use a lighter, old man.
To: Gamecock
Holy crap I thought you were kidding but there it was. Holy crap.
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:06:26 AM PDT
by
Cats Pajamas
(That chicken necked buck tooth varmint Hillary is headed toward the nine circles of hell)
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