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Imagine being cooped up like a chicken for two solid days and nights, in a metal box 100 yards long by 6 feet wide, with a bunch of absolutely hideous morons who look, act and SMELL like they've just escaped from a ZOO.
Want to get off & stretch your legs? Hoho, yes sir, we'll throw you out once a day in the middle of absolutely nowhere, in searing heat of over 40°C, for 2-3 hours at a time! Then see if you change your mind about where you want to be!
Finally consider the onboard entertainment options - 1. watching through the window an incesantly dull view of barren, empty land for the entire 2,800km trip, or 2... oh no sorry that's it.
Imagine the worst trip possible and you'll more or less have it - coach class on the Indian Pacific. Cattle class, more like. Even the staff can't bring themselves to be pleasant to you, you are the commoners, the riff raff, just like those people on the lower decks of the Titanic. A bit extreme maybe but that really was how it felt.
The BEST thing is I've gone and bought a 6 month train pass which will allow me to do this as many times as I like! Anywhere between Perth, Adelaide, Alice Springs, Melbourne & Sydney! Joy of joys!! So much more cooped up squalid fun to look forward to!
Anyyyyyyyway, on the bright side, I have a fab Christmas & New Year to look forward to here in Perth with my good friends Anna, Claire, Alison, Yoshi & all. Might even be worth the trip! :)
A. x
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