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Platform 10. Train #8, Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
Car 10. Seat 39.

The train moves almost imperceptibly at first,
slipping away under you.
Slipping away from some unseen hold.
And looking out, nothing but dark shapes
outside the window, there is nothing
but the motion of the train, lulling you into dreams of escape.

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P.S. Yey, here i go for my first long train ride.

P.P.S. Animal predators have eyes set in front of their heads so they can keep their eyes on their prey and pursue them through a distance. Animals low on the food chain have eyes set wide apart so they can scan the horizon and keep an eye out for in-coming predators.
Too bad we’re predators. If our eyes were on either side of our heads, then we could look out the windows on both sides of the train (or plane, boat or whatever) at once. And not miss out on seeing anything.

Hmm, but then we’d look like fish…I guess God made us this way for aesthetic purposes ;p