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Faro Portugal

April 23rd 2009
Just arrived end of the afternoon in Faro. Trip went well. Change over trains were o.k. Only a bit problem at Lisboa Oriente. It s a huge new station. Beautifull , modern and almost without any people of the railway organisation. When you don t speak Portuguese or have not much time to change you are in trouble. Fortunately I had plenty of time. The signals like INF are hidden very well and when ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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Bert Duijzer

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In my previous life I worked for a more or less big company. Since about 8 years travelling is one of the things I try to do as much as possible. Every year I try to make at least one big trip by train. I did already the Orient expres route in normal trains, all the trains in Australia. Around Scandinavia and last year around UK. In 2009 I made a trip from Faro till Singapore by train and the only country I had to take a bus was Cambodia In 2010 I travelled from southern Spain to France, Italy and the islands in the Mediterranean.On my way by train to Damascus I returned home from Beogra... full info

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