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Article: Cape Town Once isolated from the world, the city reveals itself in surprising splendor
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 26, 1995
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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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