Splendid vistas, scars left by apartheid: Across South Africa on the luxury Blue Train
Stunning scenery is a given on The Blue Train, which travels between Pretoria and Cape Town. PHOTO: THE BLUE TRAIN – SOUTH AFRICA/FACEBOOK
PRETORIA/CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The way South Africans use the phrase 'just now' perfectly encapsulates my ride on The Blue Train, an iconic luxury train which harks back to the days of the Orient Express.
Unlike how Singaporeans use it to refer to the immediate past – 'I did the laundry just now' – those two words have an opposite meaning for my South African partner Guy.
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