It was interesting to See Karl went on the trans-siberian train. I have been on that very train twice and it was like smell-a-vision for me. I could smell the sweaty train carriages and can still remember the pungent smelling toilets that had no toliet cleaning squished down it. (buy a few duck things! lemon fresh).
karl set off on the train and experienced the variety of classes that is found on the trans-siberian train. The open carriage was a challenge to him as there are people who are sleeping everywhere, dressed and half-dressed.
The magnetic man was intriguing, karl had fun putting spoons on his face and yes they stuck him.
I recall it being a particular challenge turning on the bed (shelf) as you could easily fall off. Idiot abroad gave a good account of what it is like to travel on the train and in particular the boredom. Anybody in the UK knows how frustrating it is when a 5 hour train journey turns into 8hrs. Try spending 72hrs on a train. The view out of the window tends to be silver birch trees and silver birch trees. There are also little summer houses that look like your Grandad's allotment shed.
In this Episode Karl was able to get off the train and be treated to a rough massage as well as, getting involved in a wrestling match in mongolia. This was a unique experience. The most mind blowing thing Karl did was going to the space station, where he was spun around in one of those James Bond style pods until he reached some G force. Hat's off to karl for doing this a brave man!
As the episode went on he ended up in China where it seems he had a more positive experience compared to his last one.
This series seems to be at a faster pace, and more edited to create that momentum. It is more varied with karl having a variety of tasks within one show.
As I have been on the trans-siberian (am I am boring you with that info yet) I thought it would be fun to give you a few things that Karl might have been experienced on the trans-siberian that could have featured.
1) Hot water Urn - there is a hot water urn for classes 2 and beyond, we spent the whole time using it for pot noodles and super noodles. It took a couple of years before I could face a noodle again.
2)Meat flavoured doughnut - When you stop at a train station there are many things to buy. One of those most intriguing foods we bought was a meat doughnut. Imaging biting into a doughnut an expecting some jam in the centre only to find a meaty paste on your taste buds.
3) Police giving you grief on the train - a number of times we had the Police giving us some grief. The worst was being giving a warning that we were going to be thrown off the train. They though we had drugs and lots of dirty cash (bibles maybe).
4) Vodka cheaper than Water - Moscow is expensive the rest of the country is not as expensive. Vodka seems to be cheaper than Water.
5) Buffet car - nobody is ever in it - there was a shot with karl in the buffet car and nobody was in it. There is never anybody in it. Unlike a UK train where we seem to queue for 15 mins to get a Kit-Kat
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