A Journey on South Africa’s Blue Train

A Journey on South Africa’s Blue Train
On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.
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