From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Beamish wrote:
> How long did that take?!?!
>
> You should get one/more of them to describe the trip here.  We can
> always use fresh bloo^h^h^h^h points of view.
>

Took a couple of weeks. Like I say it was camping in a moving room.

Adam

> On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:01:33 -0400, Adam field.near the bridge">
>  wrote:
>
>> John Beamish wrote:
>>> Online?  Wow!  Wonder what V would say if a discreet package ever
>>> arrived in our mailbox :-D
>>>
>>> As for the trains ... for quite a few years, the vista dome cars on VIA
>>> 1 (The Transcontinental) went through the Rockies in the middle of the
>>> night.  Yup - middle of the night.  Passengers represent trivial revenue
>>> to the railways compared to freight so the schedules were set up for
>>> freight and the passengers got what was left over.  That seems to have
>>> changed.
>>>
>>> Always wanted to the Rockies trip, the Blue Train (in SA), and the Ghan
>>> (in Oz).  I did the TraNZalpine (in, natch, NZ).
>>>
>>
>> Having had some mates do it......I'd recommend the Helsinki-Saigon/Ho
>> Chi Mihn City route via Moscow & Beijing.
>>
>> Kinda like a camping holiday where the tent is constantly on the move....
>>
>> Adam
>

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