Looking Back at the Past--A Train Journey Tracing Exotic Civilizations: A Train Journey Tracing Exotic Civilizations

Author: Cliff Anderson
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Many people will cherish a moment; when they first step onto a train, first press their faces against the train window, watching the retreating scenery in the distance, first, in the dark, traverse the desolate wilderness, and the dimly lit small towns outside the village where the train is being forgotten by us. At the very moment its tail gradually disappears into the distance. What the train leaves us with is only the and the yellowed memories. That is the sorrow of the train, something no other thing can replace. The book "Finding the World Back" is, like the other books in the "Great Journey" series, a byproduct of the television production by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); this time, it invited six celebrities to take trains on six challenging and distinctive journeys, documenting them in writing. The selection of these routes, as Mark Twain said, are places where train travel is still important, in Pakistan, in South America, or from Hong Kong, China to Mongolia, etc.; these routes often have a history, such as the Pakistan Railways, which has the history of the British colonial era, and the Santos in Brazil, which has the history of coffee cultivation since the 19th century. From Hong Kong, China to Ulan Bator, you will experience different landscapes, cultures, and local customs.