"Going anywhere for the holidays?"
"Yes, upstate."
"Plane or car?"
"Oh Jesus no! Train."
"How long will that take?"
"9 hours. But my vacation starts when I get on the train, not when I get off the plane. It's much less stressful."
"You know... I can see that..."
Folks, I may have a made a convert today. Let's be real. Driving is work, and flying is torture. A train ride, might seem "long" but did you count all the time you spend getting to the airport, the security checks? The silly rules?
People who think "flying is faster" are falling for airplane propaganda. Take a day to travel. It gives you time to think, you can watch movies on your laptop and read. You can have a nice sit down dinner. Your ears won't pop and your legs won't cramp. No security people will yell at you for having too big shampoo.
The last time I flew was a decade ago. But I've been all the way to Alaska and beyond nonetheless. Travel itself should be part of the "vacation" not what you do when you get there
@migriverat @futurebird
There used to be a regular passenger ferry from Kansai. It took two nights; you slept in a large common tatami room; and you had to bring your own food. It also cost more than an airplane ticket. But that one stopped running ten years ago or so.
AFAIK there is one ferry that takes passengers to Nagasaki in summer, but it stops on every island on the way and is meant for sightseeing.
There's plenty of ferries between the islands of course.
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