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...know an eight-year-old who cried bitterly when he realized that Hogwarts wasn’t real and he could never actually get on the train and go there. How different is his experience really from the feeling one gets when putting down a good novel—say, Pride and Prejudice—or watching the curtain fall at the end of The Tempest...
...come see what all the fuss is about. Hitchhike, take the H-Club 2 a.m. bus, ride the train or hop in a car. Somehow, get yourselves to Penn this weekend...
...where his family home will be flooded by the Three Gorges Dam. He says local officials embezzled much of his compensation money, and he's here to petition the congress for redress. "I want to ask the delegates who they represent, who elected them," he says. At the nearby train station, six uniformed police watch from under a banner that reads "Use a Brand New Outlook to Welcome the 16th Party Congress." With a shout, the petitioners tear off as the police approach, leaving behind their cooking pots and the fire they had built to cook cabbages and steamed buns...
DESERT DELAYS "You're coming on the Ghan?" said the people I had to meet in Adelaide. "Well, we'll allow for you being a little late." I was taking the train down from Alice Springs and was somewhat mystified by their comment. "I don't know why they said that," remarked the train manager in mock surprise. "It only happens about 99% of the time." But comfort rather than speed is the point of the rail trip?most berths on this overnight run cost more than a business-class seat on Qantas. The cozy sleeping cabins are plainly...
...Delay has long been a hallmark of the Ghan legend, which was named for the "Afghan" cameleers whose strings of camels carted goods to and from the train depots. The railroad on which it runs is often subjected to the intense weather of the Australian outback. Flash floods and sand drifts would sometimes block the line for days. Once, a train was stranded in the middle of the outback for two weeks; the driver shot wild goats to feed the passengers. Even construction of the rest of the line?originally intended to link the South Australian capital of Adelaide...