How To Survive 24 HOURS on a Train Across Kazakhstan

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• EK

  @Ekman2012 · 2 years ago

  Fun fact - Vokzal - the Russian word for train station is named after Vauxhall! This is as the first Russian railway ran from St Petersburg to the Pleasure Gardens. The pleasure gardens was named ‘Vokzal’, after Vauxhall pleasure garden, and then this became the name for all train stations

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• ST

  @StanLeoVart · 2 years ago

  Strange that the Car crew not offer neither tea/coffee, nor any food, including supper! In first class especially

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• AT

  @ATtravel666 · 2 years ago (edited)

  My experience of a Russian sleeper train was slightly different.  A sleeper train between two cities, a day in the town where my then wife had studied to pick up her stuff from a former land lady and the sleeper train back.  I had not slept for two days, we were taking a lot of bags, and it was taking time to clear it.  The conductress was barking orders in aggressive Russian.  Did I mention I was dead tired.  So I walked up to her move some more bags and said in a rather tired, but pissed off tone of voice - "you might as well just shut the fuck up because I can't understand a bloody word you are saying".  My wife, and mother in law just dissolved into laughter for some reason.

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• BE

  @becsterbrisbane6275 · 2 years ago

  We need to discuss Noel's lack of culinary adventures on that 20+ hour train! I was very worried about you there & thought you'd wither away, Noel!

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• AN

  @AndyLaskey · 2 years ago

  2 pieces of toilet paper😂😂 when you said hope it's not a big one I spat my coffee over the lounge. Great video Noel please keep them coming.

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• KA

  @kat.nicolette · 1 year ago (edited)

  I couldn&apos;t even focus on your bed review because as soon as I saw the window by your feet, I noticed the magnificent sunset and I just couldn&apos;t focus on anything else.<br>This is really making me want to ride more long distance trains and I miss my frequent trip between Boston and Appleton.

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• JI

  @JISJ1964 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Hi! Almaty was the capital of both the Kazak SSR and its first free capital between 1991 and 1997 so the stations were built for the more important city then. It served among others as the speed-skating capital of the Soviet Union as it´s that high up in the mountains.

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• FL

  @flatspin7 · 2 years ago

  Noel posts video with a train ride across Kazakhstan… me…. Yep… more of that please.

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• DE

  @demiller74 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This the best ‘Bald and Bankrupt’ video ever, thanks Noel!

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• WH

  @WheelieAlexDavis · 2 years ago

  Chuggington, wow that’s a blast from the past! Forgot all about that show, loved it as a kid

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• KG

  @kgmakogon · 2 years ago

  by the way, never bother to read comments, but the russian word vokzal and its derivatives in ex soviet republics actually come from the Vauxhall Gardens in London in 1820s! The word at the time of railroad inception in Russia meant &quot; entertainment complex at the station made a la Vauxhall Gardens in London with orchestra, refreshments stands, restaurants and promenades for the public. Sooner, the russified word Vokzal was adopted for the central railway station in any big city.

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• KU

  @kuganistan · 2 years ago

  You said it was First Class Noel, but actually on the Talgo carriages in Kazakhstan there is a alight upgrade where you can have your own en-suite toilet. It gives you less room in the &quot;bedroom&quot; though because the sink is behind the bathroom wall.

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