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Finding peace on a 72-hour train across America

A writer rides the rails from New York to San Francisco, discovering dazzling landscapes and fascinating fellow passengers along the way.


https://www.nationalgeographic...220708&loggedin=true


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My fantasy has always been to take the train from Sydney to Perth - 6 days of near total isolation. Laptop, 6 or so novels I've been dying to read, just unplug from everything and stare out the window, get off for some chips and beer when the train stops at nondescript outback stations.

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Trans-Siberian Express

There is a movie starring Woody Harrelson of a trip on the Trans-Siberian Express. Some of the dialogue is so bad the crowd roars at it.


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I did activities like that when I was younger. Train trips. Bus trips. Road trips. Too many trips on planes to count or remember.

I, at [almost] 55 year old, have been a nomad since I was 2.

Enough!
 
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