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A train journey to commence my Malabar Summer

A train journey to commence my Malabar Summer

Train journeys down the west coast of India have become a lot quicker and more comfortable

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Apr 17, 2022
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In November 2019 when I took the Sapsan, a semi-high speed train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, I had no idea that this beautiful and comfortable train would be the last railway journey I’d be taking for a very long time. I had to wait until October of 2021 to take a train again. And even that railway journey was in Russia. I have documented my Russian …

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