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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

IRAN | Friday, 5 July 2013 | Views [448] | View Larger Image

A train is at a small station en route to Mashhad. These old trains were acquired second-hand from European countries many years ago. A yellow sign reads “Tehran-Mashhad, Salon 11”. The 860 km-trip (535 miles) takes about 14 hours. Sheets, blankets and pillows are provided to ‘6-bed first class’ passengers.

Two students are travelling on a ‘second class bus wagon’ on a cold winter day. They are not related to each other. The wagon is yet to become warm as the air condition was out of order for a few hours in the freezing morning.

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A man is travelling on a ‘6-bed first class’ and lying down on a ‘second floor’ bed. There are 3 rows of beds which can be folded and fall back on the wall. Once folded, the first row becomes the bottom seat, and the second row the back seat. Train and tracks are often old and slow. Many prefer to pay a bit more to be able to sleep during the long travels.

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