Paul's Oriental Travelogue

A Rail of a Time

What is it about train travel that's so appealing? Or just appealing to me? I think I can trace it back to the décor of the Red Kangaroo Lounge where I'm sitting to write this. The aesthetics are best described...
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On the Lam

Forty-six hours on the Indian-Pacific train and I have seven hours in Adelaide before boarding "The Legendary Ghan" to Alice Springs. Not much time for a major city but then again many skip it entirely. That's a shame because it...
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Nullsomn

By the time I'm done, I'll be having nightmares about trains. Turns out a sensible timetable for a jaunt up the west coast and back is two weeks. Sorry, whale sharks, but you'll have to wait for my return, maybe...
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Found Email

Using public computers all the time and sometimes hitting control-v before control-c, interesting things can pop up. This time I found half an email written by an English guy who seems to be doing exactly the same thing I am,...
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A Curious Beverage

The Sail & Anchor brewpub in Fremantle had something I could not pass up an attempt at: Chilli Beer. I ordered one last night, waiting for the game to start. The barmaid asked if I'd ever had it before and...
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Not for Arachnophobes

What a shame to post links instead of content. But look at this! Simple diagrams of the world's main subway systems to the same scale. http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/subway/index.html I think LA wins for size, and Chicago for orderliness. And nice try, Brussels,...
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No Rules

Why for the love of tree-kangaroo am I still in Perth? Is it really that nice? Well let's not upset anyone and move on to the real issue. The day tour down to the Valley of the Giants that I...
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