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12:19, June 28, 2012

By Simon Black

June 27, 2012; Yerevan, Armenia

Despite being neighbors, there are no flights between Tbilisi, Georgia and Yerevan, Armenia. No reason to bother with air travel from one poor country to another, I suppose, the demand just isn't there.

So I opted for the train. Specifically the overnight Armenian train. And everything about it is a throwback to the Soviet days… Metal seats. Bathrooms without running water. No food. And that's the first class carriage.

The train creaks along like a rusty swing set, winding its way down the Caucasus Mountains for about ten hours through a nearly pitch-black evening devoid of any human civilization.  Read more... (769 words)

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