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Palembang to Bandar Lampung by train – riding the coal-subsidised railway of South Sumatra

Review of the Rajabasa train service from Palembang (Kertapati) to Bandar Lampung (Tanjung Karang) on the coal railway lines of South Sumatra.

Travel Reads

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) By @adriaan.du.toit

Which Airlines Placed Options For The Concorde?

“This article takes a look at which airlines placed options for Concorde, and what happened to these options.”

Travel News

India’s viral jet-setting tea sellers touch down in Australia

“Vijayan and Mohana run a small tea shop in southern India, but by saving six dollars a day they have managed to live their passion for travel and visit 25 countries.”

Young man recreates photo he took with flight attendant in 2004, only this time as colleagues

“20-year-old Xu Yang Feng was just five when he took his very first flight.”

This May Be the World's Most Ambitious Public Library

“Finland’s most ambitious library has a lofty mission, says Helsinki’s Tommi Laitio: It’s a kind of monument to the Nordic model of civic engagement.”

Germany unveils zero-emissions train that only emits steam

“Germany is set to introduce the world’s first zero-emission passenger train to be powered by hydrogen.”

Los Angeles - past and future

Mapping the most incredible lost mansions of Los Angeles

“These estates were torn down, but their stories are not forgotten.”

An Oral History Of Blade Runner's 2019 Los Angeles, Because The Future Has Arrived

“Thirty-seven years after it came out, we are now in the month that the movie took place.”

Live Abroad

This Adelaide man bought a house in Sicily for one euro, and you can too

“Small Italian towns are selling homes for just one euro to fight depopulation and protect heritage, and Australians like Mark Kopun are taking them up on the offer.”

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Sunset walk in Bali.