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Top-10 Colorado river. Chugging along the
TRAVEL #1

Glenwood Canyon one might witness
the ‘Zephyr salute’! do search it out
on Google as to what it means! The
Donner pass that goes over Donner

offers the picturesque views of the
Sierra Nevada. The train itself has a
TRAIN RIDES IN Lake in the California Nevada border
dining car with a reasonable dining
experience and a café where one
can buy food. Besides the above-
mentioned scenic views one can
THE WORLD experience the beauty of San Pablo
Bay and the Carquinez Strait along
the way. This train journey gives one
an experience of the varied landscape
PART 2 USA has to offer.
One of the fastest and most expensive
rides in the world is the Hyabusa.
This shinkansen, the Japanese term
for Bullet train is a ride from Tokyo
to Shin- Hakodate-Hokuto is aptly
named after the peregrine falcon. The
train has three classes, the Gran class
being the most expensive one. The
experience of travelling in Hayabusa
is comparable to an experience on a
flight. So smooth is the ride! The train
ride is a wonderful experience even for
viewers who come to simply watch the
train whiz by in the Fukushima station
which is halfway.

TRANS-SIBERIAN EXPRESS
How about taking a train ride across
two continents?! The Trans-Siberian
Will you take me past the rainbows? express, Zarengold does just that.
Will you show me the sounds and the sights? Starting from Moscow the capital
To new worlds I shall travel as she goes, of Russia the train travels along the
longest river in Russia, the Volga
In my mind’s eye as it takes flights. through Siberia into Mongolia all the
We continue our virtual journey around some of the most iconic spots way to Beijing, the capital of China!
of the world on some of the best train rides. Let’s start with the good old That’s over 9000 kms on the track!
United States. The train delivers great food along
with vodka from different regions of
AMTRAK CA ZEPHYR Russia. As the urban landscape of
Across 7 states, two mountain ranges a ride that goes over 9000 ft above Moscow disappears we start seeing
sea level for two days is the Amtrak CA Zephyr. It starts at the Union station the lush and unspoiled countryside
in Chicago Illinois and passes through, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, landscape of Siberia. One passes
Utah, and Nevada before reaching Emeryville CA which is close to through the seemingly endless Taiga
San Fransisco. The Zephyr is one of the most scenic rides in the country region of Siberia as the train stops
as it goes through the Rockies in Denver CO, the train goes through in Irkutsk, the capital of Siberia. One
numerous tunnels and one can see the stunning mountain vistas as the can shop for semi-precious stones
train chugs along towards Denver. One of the tunnels the train passes here among other Russian artifacts.
through lasts almost ten minutes. It’s called the Moffat tunnel. As the train Lake Baikal is the world’s largest
glides through Gore Canyon, one might get to see the white waters of the single source of freshwater. As the

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