It was a spur-of-the-moment thing—probably because I got an email saying that one of my friends is going—but I’ve decided to attend the meeting of the Rail Passengers Association next month in Washington. (Well, actually, it will be in Alexandria, Virginia, which is fine with me because it cuts the hotel rates about in half….
To begin my Australian itinerary, I took Hawaiian Airlines’ non-stop flight from Honolulu to Sydney. Next I traveled east to west—from Sydney via Adelaide to Perth—on the Indian Pacific train. From there, I flew up to Darwin where I took The Ghan almost due south to Alice Springs and then on to Adelaide. From there,…
I stood it for as long as I could. “It” being not traveling. I’ve been cooped up here for almost two years and I’m leaving day after tomorrow for five weeks. That will include two cross-country train rides and a round trip “across the pond” to England, Scotland and France. Yes, I’ve had both of…
You’re rolling along, enjoying the scenery passing by outside your roomette and suddenly you’re crossing a river. Sometimes the train slows to cross. Sometimes the speed doesn’t lessen, almost as if the train hasn’t noticed there’s a river alongside us. I always notice. Here are a few shots of rivers taken from moving trains. For…