Article: Cape Town Once isolated from the world, the city reveals itself in surprising splendor

There's nothing like watching a parade of angry ostriches while flossing your teeth. This is the sort of experience people have during the 26-hour journey on The Blue Train, the most enjoyable means of travel from Johannesburg to Cape Town in South Africa. While you are luxuriating in this country's version of the Orient Express, you might remember the discomfort of those earliest travelers to the Cape of Good Hope, the 15th-century Portuguese navigators Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama and their scurvy-ridden crews.

Yes, the train is blue. It's also supremely relaxing. There's nothing to do but eat, read, sleep in your private compartment and stare out the window at a landscape that ...

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