Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Five years ago, Ethiopia opened an electrified, standard-gauge railroad to neighboring Djibouti using Chinese technology. Now Kalkidan and I are going for a ride on it. So...what's it like to cross Africa's second-most populous country by rail? Especially when the train only comes every two days?

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Classy Whale - at-least-weekly misadventures with trains and transit!