The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux

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The author plans a four month trip from London, through Europe and into Turkey, to Iran, Pakistan and India. He travels extensively in India and then flies to Rangoon, Burma. There he sees the Gokteik Viaduct and flies to Rangoon, Thailand, and takes rails all the way to Singapore. He makes a stopover in Vietnam and travels on some parts of the Trans-Vietnam railway. He travels extensively in Japan and after...

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