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bathed in the golden h of the setting
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Sahara Sun I found myself perched on the
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lip of a freight wagon my body swaying
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with the rhythmic Cadence of the train
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do desert an iconic Behemoth of the
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morania landscape the train stretches
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over 2 kilometer and makes a daily
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pilgrimage across 74 km of Sandy Plains
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and load Dunes from the Atlantic coast
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at noo to the iron or mines in
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zoret the voyage across the Sahara isn't
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for the fainthearted it is an
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intoxicating dance of extremes the
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unforgiving Desert Sun the grit stinging
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your skin the booming and grinding of
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the Colossal train that rates through
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core it is a Relentless Journey of
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contrasts yet it is a venture embarked
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upon by Brave passengers and adventurous
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Souls like my companion Mike and
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I The Nostalgia of my parents Journey
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aboard the train to Desert drew me back
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to this Iron Giant as a child their tals
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painted a canvas of endless Tunes
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echoing The Emptiness of the Sahara at a
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humble cargo wagon loaded with hopes and
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dreams journeying Into the Heart of the
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desert their only testimon to this
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adventure was a single codex slide a
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snapshot into a world that seemed far
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removed from my own reality fast forward
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several decades there we were Mike and I
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sitting at top a freight wagon ready to
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etch our own tail in the scense of the
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Sahara we hope to relieve my parents jne
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disembarking at the tiny settlement of
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Chom and then venturing onto the ancient
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chinti as a homage to my parents Spirit
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we willingly exposed ourselves to the
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elemental Symphony of heat wind and
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noise embracing the austerity of our
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open topped metal box our temporary
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home navigating the journey ABA our
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in noad Debo became our
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Beacon he helped us protect our
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belongings from the unavoidable sand and
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dust and guided us to the best wagons
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the journey from no ATO to the heart of
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the Sahara wasn't just a physical
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transition it was a cultural Voyage
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throwing us into the complex ethnic
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morania as the train chocked through the
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night the human cargo sought refuge in
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the wagon carers bundled in Barber robes
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we attempted to sleep all the while
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caught in the desert's chili embrace it
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was in this surreal setting that the
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Stark beauty of the desert under a star
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itself I couldn't help but think of my
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parents in a similar situation under the
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same Sky four decades earlier our
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arrival in ch was announced by a
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symphony of sounds voices torch light
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Wagon Wheels grinding against the tracks
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we disembarked hastily loading our bags
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into an old pure that would continue our
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journey we disembarked hastily loading
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our bags into an old pure that would
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continue our journey in a matter of
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seconds the f desert was a disappearing
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silhouette against the expansive Desert
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Sky leaving us in a cloud of dust and
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Echoes nestled in a guest house in
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shinui with the Whispers of dat Palms
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overhead I found myself caught in the
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dichotomy of being in the present yet
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living a memory the sounds of the train
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still echoed in my ears intermingling
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with the memories of my parents just
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Journey the ruins of chinti an emblem of
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lost Grandeur seemed to mirror our train
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ride a voyage that seemed more and more
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ethereal with every passing day a
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journey Pro Sahara might have ended but
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the residue of that Unforgettable Voyage
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lingered the iron ore dust that we
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carried with us was more than just
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physical remnants it was the embodiment
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of a childhood dream fulfilled a voyage
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self-discovery and a tangible link to my
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parents' past it was a testament to the
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constant dance of Adventure and
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Nostalgia that is a journey aboard the