The Van Golu Espressi, from Kars to Istanbul. Notable because it is about 2/3 of the way between Singapore and Narvik, which is the longest train journey on earth. Actually, 30 trains. One pair of tracks.
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Zurich Tram
From the hotel window, overlooking Banhofstrasse. Again, funny what you can see without having to leave your hotel (here’s another one like that…)
Hand-held, jet lagged.
Funny, what you can see without even leaving the hotel. Taken at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.
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Sedona Vortex
Early morning, Green Lake pier, Seattle
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Puget Sound
Okay I think this is where the word “majestic” is not over-used. Mt. Rainier and the Bremerton Ferry, viewed from Bainbridge Island.
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Indian lawnmower
No shit. These guys tow a lawn-mower around the grounds of the Taj. I think they also handle the fertilizing. Ok, shit.
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Karakorum Highway
It’s not fast, but it’s high. Tops out at 17,000ft on the way from Chinese Turkestan over the “Roof of the World” to Pakistan. This place here is called the Gez Defile. It’s a gnarly gash that drops down from the Pamir Plateau into the Takla Makan desert, which means “you go in but you don’t come out.” The peak is Kongur, somewhere north of 25,000ft up.
