Sleeper Trains

Before this trip I had never really been on a train. Sure I’ve been on the Vomit Comet (TTC) and the C train and such but never on a real train. This was something I was pretty excited to experience. The train station in Giza was pretty decent. Reminded me a lot of what trains stations look like in Bollywood movies. It was nice that my tour guide warned us about the bathroom facilities so that we all went before getting there. But I was pleasantly surprised. The cabin sizes were pretty decent, though I wouldn’t bring too much luggage. The food was meh, the same as airplane food. It was actually more fun to hang out with everyone as you could chill in each others cabins. It was nice to also see the country side from the train. It looked like most countryside’s… fields, grass, rocks, water, mud.

The hardest part of this style of transport however was that you couldn’t use the bathroom while at stops. From what I figured is that the bathroom went straight on the tracks. Also there were large windows where it seemed the people outside could easily take a look at you doing your business .. I couldn’t remember when boarding the train if you could really see inside that much but it was definitely awkward. After getting up in the morning I definitely needed to use the facilities but it seemed that we were at this one stop forever! Word to anyone going on trains there… go often and when you can… Otherwise this was a pretty awesome experience, I definitely recommend it! There is even a party car….