Trans Asyan Ekpresi
October 15th 2009 Day 18.
The Trans Asyan Ekpresi was waiting at Haydarpasa Sation, two hours before departure, when I arrived. One engine, one seating carriage, one dining and three sleeping. I joined Ali Ekhbar and Faroukh in our four-berth compartment, each us heading for Tehran, where we were due to arrive on Saturday evening. My traveling comrades were both Iranians in their fifties, and both smokers. In th
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