Matador - trains

3 guys in need of a lift to Suzhou, a pack of Malaysian smokes and Mr. Lee to the Rescue

OurManinShanghai — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:16:47 -0500

It wasn’t that we weren’t busy enough in Shanghai but after visiting Suzhou in march, I thought there might be business to be had amongst the expat community in a city approximately 45 minutes away?It was a Friday night in May, Karl and I were driving across town in a taxi gunning for the next...

Of Boulders and Mountains

SophistocatedMonkey — Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:12:59 -0600

Of Boulders and Mountains

Sunlight filters through the pines. It comes through in golden shafts illuminating the pollens and dust hanging, floating in the stillness of HimalayaShiva summer sunlight, high in the mountains. Up here at the source of the streams in sunny, steep Himachal Pradesh. ...

On Meeting On A Train

Adam — Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:25:58 -0500

Charles was taking the Intercity train from Florence to Bologne to visit friends, and when he sat down diagonally across from me just before the ride started I thought he was Italian. His skin was very dark and he had the stubble of a beard several days old. His peacock coat...

Planes, trains, and automobiles...

RamblinLiz — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:00:44 -0500

Well, I'm up in northern Maine waiting for word on a local writing gig. In the meantime, I have no car, and I am completely at the mercy of those who are willing to give me a ride or lend me their vehicle. And whenever I'm stuck in this predicament, I always start reminiscing about all the...

Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity. . .

andie — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:21:07 -0500

i've been organizing and cleaning out my notebooks from my last year of college.
i think i just found one more of the many reasons that i made a C in astronomy class. or maybe it is not a reason at all. perhaps i would have made a C no matter what i choose to do during that precious hour and fifteen...

Waves, Highlands, Sands and Spittle - you can see it all from a British train.

Max — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:47:25 -0600

Travelling by train is my most loved - and most loathed - method of getting around. I doubt there's a finer way of traversing Europe than by train, and even with the rise and rise of budget airlines over the last decade, its popularity shows no sign of waning. Travelling by train out of necessity...