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In 1970 our 3rd eng had to go to the hospital in Calcutta. Ear trouble . We had to leave without him .
He then caught a train ( 1st class of course He had a fan ) from Calcutta to Bombay . He said he got his meals on a palm leaf. Ever stop he was given a fresh bottle of Coke . I would loved to do that trip, as I loved India
Ron The batcave
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Yes lots of Great Train Journeys to be had,another one which would be great is the Great Siberian Rail Trips on offer this one in particular (Seems there is a longer one than the Indian Pacific LOL)
Vladivostok is the start or finish of the original Trans-Siberian express line from Moscow and although it is not as popular a route as the Trans-Mongolian to or from Beijing it is definitely the preferred route for Trans-Siberian purists! One fantastic thing about this route is that Russia’s best scheduled train, number 2 the “Rossiya”, runs the line fromVladivostokall the way the 9,259 km to Moscow making it the world’s longest single train ride. If you want to make this trip all in one go we would recommend an early autumn departure for the spectacular colours or a winter trip to see Siberian in its icy finest.
And not forgetting the Famous Orient Express !
Six months ago my brother and wife went from New York to Los Angeles by train. via Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas , Long Beach, over night on Queen Mary and to Los Angeles.
Ron, my advice is to think long and hard about going back there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron B Manderson
I was in Bombay airport in mid 80's when every fly in India came to see us, by all accounts the number has quadrupled since then.
well they say never go back some where as it all changes. I looked at aquaba In the red sea .
When we went there it was just some old buildings , Now a big port /town
So you may be right John
Ron the batcave
I was on a ship chartered to an Indian company, called the Jalasilton hall , when we were on the Indian coast we had to clear the tween deck to the side, so they could cook their food themselves on the deck with timber fires, we were at anchor,. They use to light the fire on the deck, and the smell of that cooking was delicious, and they would eat from a palm leaf. I did give it a go, but saw the cook have a dump over the side on the stages we had rigged for them, and saw his hygiene , so only ate once !!. Sailing on that coast was an eye opener for many reasons, kt
##same off kharg island ...3 weeks or so at anchor in august .....the crew of locals put aboard to drop the massive steel pipes into a small dow .....only one a day taken but they cooked in a big pot on a reniforced steel plate on deck they then sat round and pulled out a lump of meat onto there plate ..if it was tough they tried to chew it then spit it back in the pot .....they were using a fishing line with carbide in bread to catch seabirds ...they went in the pot after being plucked and washed in seawater for to get rid of the carbide.....we were on water ration ....the temp was through the roof no air con on her .....but good fishing at night with deck light hung over and we made spears with a 6 inch nail barbed by the engineers ....couldnt sleep at night the decks were like oven plates often fished most of the night but didnt eat them as many could have been poisonous.....a proper hardship that one ....i jumped in wallaroo so did i think it was 7 others at least .....sure a learning curve in life.....cappy
I did a great train journey once,
just paid off, in 1958, in London, got the train to Manchester after several bevies , a few on the train , fell asleep and was woken by the Guard in Glasgow. Had to buy another ticket and go back over 200 miles to Manchester..
#15 & 16 concessionary travel on buses in the U.K. has not been stopped the Tory government reviewed the free travel for old age pensioners and the disabled, the annual heating allowance and the annual increase in O.A.P. pensions. I think they realised it would be political suicide to tinker with any of these. The buses minister Nusrat Ghani (I have never heard of him) said in April 2018 that it will remain in place for the foreseeable future and that there was legislation in place so that there would not be any need to review the original act every 5 years as they had done since 2007.
###on the british defender in 59 we were on the coast permanently .....madrass bmbay kandla dhaka in bangladesh and places i cant even remember ...cargos of parrifin and aviation fuels and other spirits ....i have seen the dead body wagon come round early morn ...kick the sleepers and chuck the dead in a horse drawn wagon .....the constant stench of those places was never forgotten .....you could smell it a day or more before you got there .......bits of half burnt bodies floating down the river with birds sitting on them pecking away ...but memories i would not change ....cappyQuote:
Originally Posted by Keith Tindell