Traveling by train in Africa 非洲的火车之旅

Hello dear steemit friends, today I'm gonna share with you how we traveled by train in Africa.
亲爱的steemit朋友们，今天我将给大家分享我们在非洲的火车之旅。

During our journey in Africa, basically we have taken the train all the way, from Mozambique to Zimbabwe, until Tanzania, East Africa.

我们在非洲旅行的时候基本上都是一路坐火车，从南非的莫桑比克到津巴布韦再到赞比亚最后到东非坦桑尼亚。

The train we have taken in Zimbabwe was built during the British colonial time, the train has been kept same as before, it has sleeping compartments and a restaurant, it's comfortable enough, but it was super slow.

津巴布韦的火车大多建于英国殖民时期，火车保持了原样，舒适度还可以，两个人一个包厢，提供餐饮，只是火车慢到吐血，其实就是早前国内也有过的老式火车。记得儿时随父母去姥姥家过年，老旧的绿皮火车轰鸣而来，那声音总能引得人们异常兴奋，然后人群蜂拥而上，那时候火车阶梯很高，我都是被爸妈夹着上去的，虽然只有一个小时的路程，但极多乐趣，大家围在一起打牌嗑瓜子唠家常，孩子们满地跑，窗外北方的冬日平原匆匆掠过，白雪恺恺蔓延万里。一到姥姥家就问到满屋子的柴火味，然后爬上热炕，坐着等酸菜火锅，现在想想已经好久没吃过酸菜火锅了。（哈哈哈，一下子话题又跑偏了）

The brown wooden carriages of the train had stale taste, the faded door number had an ambiguous atmosphere, there were cracks on the floor, make people feel that the old colonial dream has become a bubble.
At night the first-class carriages were empty, it was so silent and mysterious. Because of the full moon, the night sky looked so bright and starless. The scene made me associated with the old British film, A lonely young lady followed her husband went to the African hinterland, at night she dressed in silk pajamas walking in the dark aisle of the train carriages, and she came across with a young gentleman, a gentleman because inadvertently crashed into each other, the young man took of his cap to apologize, that moment the spark of the love is lighted in a flash.

火车棕红色的木质车厢有陈腐的味道，褪色的门牌号有着暧昧气息，地板已有裂纹，殖民时代的旧梦都成了泡沫。夜里一等车厢空空荡荡，沉默如谜，窗外的满月映得夜空泛白，联想到那些底片泛黄的胶片电影，来自英国贵族的落寞少妇跟随丈夫远赴非洲腹地，夜里穿着丝绸睡衣在幽暗的火车长廊中与年轻绅士擦身而过，绅士因为不经意的触碰脱帽致歉，再抬头的一瞬间爱情的火光就此点燃升腾，最终熄灭的。

The train all the way through the vast desolate plains of Africa, all the regions are sparsely populated, but there were numerous wild animals, we have even seen an wild elephant family walking in the distance. When the train stopped in front of the village, we saw that every cottage is surrounded by wooden palisade, probably it's for keeping aways from the wild animals.

津巴布韦火车一路穿越辽阔苍凉的非洲平原，人烟稀少，野生动物数量却庞大，我们曾亲眼目睹了野生象一家浩浩荡荡的在远处穿梭，每一步都迈的庄重坚定，佛经里讲，“譬如一切众生中象迹为上。”当火车在村庄前停靠，看每家每户都有木栅栏，想来是为了防止野生动物入侵的。

In the evening, the setting sun fell down perpendicularly to the vast land, the twilight is spreading and the land is boundless, in the end the sun is gradually sinking below the red horizon.

到了傍晚，落日在广袤大地上垂直而下，暮色四起，一瞬间整个天地悠悠之怆然融进一片血红里，无边无际，天涯苍茫。

We also have taken the train from Zambia to Tanzania, it's a quite famous travel route in East Africa, the train was built by Chinese and contributed to Zambia. It was new and super comfortable, the train tickets are also cheap, even locals can afford. They also offered food, we ordered fish, but they were not so fresh, after I got serious food poisoning. The journey took us about 48 hours, in the end we all felt so bored, but it's still special traveling experience for us.

从赞比亚到坦桑尼亚我们坐的是有名的赞桑铁路，由中国捐助完成的，非常的新，舒适度一百分，而且票价十分便宜，普通非洲百姓也可以负担得起，还要感谢同胞们远赴非洲做建设。非洲的中餐厅也很多，而且做的都挺正宗的，就是太贵了。
很惊喜的是晚餐竟然有鱼，但吃鱼的时候我就觉得鱼不新鲜，尽管如此我还是吃了，后来果断食物中毒，上吐下泻。
火车正常行驶40个小时，但当时整整晚点了10个小时，由于行驶时间太长，火车旅行还是很枯燥的，到最后无论是看书还是打牌都无济于事了，最重要的可能还是没有美食。不过现在看来都是“当时只道是寻常。”

By the way, there were no blankets on train, so we had to take by ourself.
火车上没被子，所以我们自己带了毛毯。

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Thanks for reading!
谢谢阅读！