After our time in Cape Town, we took a Premier Train up to Johannesburg. The blog shows the highlights of this two-day journey.
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| Here is the map of the journey we took from Cape Town to Johannesburg. |
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| Before we left our hotel, William got this shot of one of the loud storks that roamed around squawking every night. They were cute, though. |
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| The Premier Classe entrance at the Cape Town Train Station. |
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| The porters loading luggage onto the train. |
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| A view of the outside of the train just before we boarded. |
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| Our sleeper cabin. |
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| They served champagne and snacks in the lounge car as we set off on Saturday morning. |
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| The bar in the lounge car. |
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| Scenes along the way. |
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| Squatters encampments. |
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| A whole squatters' village. |
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| Lunch at our table in the dining car. |
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| Tea time in our own car. |
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| After we returned from dinner, they had folded down our couches and made them into beds for the night. |
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| Okay, 30 hours on the train got really long (we were delayed by four hours because of engine trouble). |
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| Good thing we packed snacks, as we didn't arrive in Joburg in time for lunch as promised. |
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| The white on this hill is from mining (not snow). |
thanks for the pictures, thinking of going on the premier classe train to Durban, South Africa... will still go, but at least I'm prepared now
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