London to Africa by train, First Class 4K 

Trues up, with all these new services and tech, the world does loose the old charms and innocence, but makes up with time and convenience I guess.

That really does seem like a great memory to keep I really enjoy adventures not easy trips like we have now

Moreover Clermont Ferrand and Perpignan are not very popular cities less known than cities like Marseille or Lyon, so I guess it must be nice to see “Real France” from inside the country !

@@emmanuelfrechet3080 I get the appeal of visiting less known cities of France but how come these cities would be more "real France" than Paris, Lyon or Marseille ? Given that Clermont-Ferrand and Perpignan combined barely represent a fraction of a single percent of the French population whereas Paris, Lyon and Marseille represent more than a quarter of the French population... These less known cities have a rich history and culture, like many others in France, but they're far from being "real France" more than any other, they're just a tiny little part of the whole panel that you can find in France. Also, Perpignaners would not really be pleased to be considered "real France" as many identify themselves as North (or French) Catalans rather than simply French.

@@KyrilPG yeah thanks ! As a French I can tell that if a foreigner wants to see our traditions and our traditional way of life he’d better go to Perpignan and its surrounding countryside (apart from the beach side) than Paris. But yes France is a beautiful country wherever you go, and I was clumsy when I said “Real France” but the word more adapted is probably traditional because you’ll see France every where you go in its country that is a sure thing. Peace ✌️ blessings (on everyone who reads this) ☺️😍

Thank you for the kind comment

Like right 😩

Right!! Like it’s not that hard to put the country’s name!

honestly not even england to africa he fully put the whole city to a continent😫😫

And then him commenting "thank you for your kind comment"..... He thought he did something 😩😂🤣

Glad you enjoyed it!

Merci pour le commentaire. Au plaisir

Le monde entier rêve de voir le Canada et vous vous préférez l'Europe🤔🤔🤔🤔

@@Ahmed._Math crois-moi, t'as pas envie d'avoir affaire à un train au Canada

@@Ahmed._Math Déjà l'herbe est toujours plus verte dans le champ d'à côté... Ensuite on cherche toujours ce qu'on ne connaît pas encore. Et enfin l'Europe a une diversité de lieux, de paysages et de cultures monumentale dans un espace plutôt réduit en comparaison. En 2 ou 3 heures de train on passe de la vie bouillonnante d'une mégapole et "ville monde" comme Paris à une autre, Londres, ou aux plus grandes stations de ski du monde dans les Alpes, aux plages et calanques de la méditerranée, aux "grand' places" des villes belges ou néerlandaises... Et j'en passe ! Au Canada en 3h de train t'es même pas sûr de sortir de la province de départ et le paysage aura peu changé. Les Européens ne sont pas habitués aux immensités homogènes du Canada donc c'est exotique pour eux. Tandis que les Canadiens doivent se taper plusieurs heures de vol pour un vrai changement de paysage et encore plus pour un changement de culture. Alors quand ils voient 500 millions de personnes de 30+ cultures, architectures et pays différents concentrés sur un continent plus petit que leur pays et massivement équipé en transports à grande vitesse ils sont forcément intéressés... C'est comme Disneyland avec tous ses lands à thème différents les uns à côté des autres ! On a plusieurs milliers de châteaux rien qu'en France, tout plein aussi en Allemagne. Des milliers de vestiges romains et grecs de l'Angleterre à la pointe de l'Espagne et jusqu'en Turquie. Rien qu'en France il y a au moins 5 chaînes de montagnes avec différents paysages, différents climats et végétaux. Rien que l'agglomération parisienne fait plus du tiers de la population du Canada. Vu la différence, ça attire forcément dans les deux sens... Je ne vois vraiment pas ce qu'il y a d'étonnant à ce que quelqu'un qui vit dans un cadre radicalement différent puisse rêver de visiter l'Europe, comme beaucoup d'Européens rêvent de visiter le Canada. On a quand même une sale habitude à cracher dans la soupe et à ne pas se rendre compte de la chance qu'on a !

@@Potato-dx5mc pourquoi??

Thank you for the kind comment. Bon voyage

Glad you enjoyed it

I wasn't in a hurry 😂

yes agreed

A channel worth subscribing to

Not sure it was the typical trip for most Victorians!

@@MrLaughinggrass For those who traveled long distances, yes. The rest of the people couldn't even travel.

Because here you have to fight big oil and the automotive lobby. Over in Europe some countries do what their citizens need. Here in America the greed of corporations comes first.

It was the United Kingdom that started connecting their cities using railways. The rest of Europe followed suit

You can even drive too

Oh, stop it. The trains you saw in this video did not cross into a different continent; it was all Europe and went from UK-France-Spain. Europe is configured much differently from North America, which allows for travel via train or road much more doable. Amtrak * subsidiaries)offers train service to all 48 CONTIGUOUS states except South Dakota and Wyoming. From Florida to Maine, Washington to California, etc. Almost all major cities are served, as well as many smaller cities. Amtrak also offers service from the East Coast of Canada (Halifax, Montreal) and all provinces going west. Amtrak does not go into Mexico; Mexico itself has about 2 or so passenger routes within the country. If you can’t travel through Mexico, you’re not getting to any of the other North American countries. Others require crossing water.

@@MrOu83 I've been on amtrak many times. it takes hours to go from north Texas to Oklahoma city. it takes almost 3 hours to go from north Texas to Central Texas. that's the service on American trains.

For me, train travel is holiday on its own.

Trains are nice because you get more room to drink with your boys, are able to walk around & they are cheaper. Plus, they stop for smoke breaks!

It's only slower than plane on quite long distances - for many still-significant journeys the time cost of all the crap that comes with flying adds up to make the train quicker even with a lower speed

@@TAP7a Also it’s cheaper than flying but faster than driving.

And, surely significant, its total CO2 emissions for the journey will be a lot lower. I find I can no longer justify flying and only go to places I can reach within a day (or two) by train.

I went from London to Africa

​@@SilentTraveler1 LOL.. have a blessed day i guess all that travelling didnt educate you on locations😶

Going from London to Europe makes no sens as London is already in Europe. You must have had a wrong logical thinking education

wow good to know

Switzerland is left-handed as well. Most Countries switched to right-hand because that allowed the Stoker on Steam Locomotives to be on the left Side of the Footplate which makes shovelling easier for right-handed People. I would have guessed that Switzerland did not make this Transition because they electrified all their Rails so early, but that doesn't explain France. And as we all know, the UK likes left-hand Traffic. Road Traffic changed to right hand for the same Reason; the Driver sitting on the left makes shifting easier for right handed People.

@@Genius_at_Work Road traffic changed because more countries (especially in Europe) drove on the right. As far as I know, many early (pre-WWI) LHD cars had the gear lever and handbrake on the running board so you needed to change with your left hand. I definitely remember a 1920s RHD fire engine that had the gear lever and handbrake on the offside running board. It was set up on a nearby playground well into the 1990s or early 2000s and finally rescued and restored. Prior to 1900 traffic laws were fairly fragmented and local anyway. Some countries were even mixed, like pre-WWII Austria and Italy.

I'm European and didn't even know this bizarre curiosity.

I think the majority of Europe drives on the left, no? But I didn't know Spain was the odd one out here XD

I hope you can visit one day, France is magnificent and in one week you can visit like 6 countries with beautiful cities and cultures Salutations from Belgium

France is the European shithole. Great for Americans!

This is why I love living in Europe. Born in Canada and I have now hit about 120 countries

There's also this Japanese dude who travels overnight trains in Japan, shows different compartments from luxury to eco... man, they got showers in those trains and digital toilets... but also the scenery is great :)

@@jtshark9283 120! Wow! I wish I could hear each and every one of your stories.

Very nice video. With train journey

Spain has the 3rd busiest passenger rail system in the world, only after China and Japan.

Watch the video and you'll find out

Noted!

thank you

Yes exactly.

@@SilentTraveler1 I was disappointed when you made it morocco. That was entry level

No train further

No thank you. I like it that way.

More than 2

@@drtiger1834 I count Europe and Africa, that's 2. Which continent did I miss ?

@@KyrilPG Narnia you missed

@@drtiger1834 LOL ! 🤣 And where is it on the path of the journey ?

@@KyrilPG when you go under the euro tunnel there is a door on the right 2.3 miles down. Don’t tell anyone

Glad it was helpful!

That would be an amazing trip, unfortunately Mauritania and Mali seem a bit dogy at the moment. It would also require some epic bus rides to get to Ghana from North Africa.

Love this trip too its like driving from South Africa to Kenya.

Adventures lovely

Tarjei would be the nearest from Spain /Morocco this a lovely trip

Who said it was a country? Nobody but you

@@SilentTraveler1’ London to Africa’ 🤦‍♂️

I'm curious what's your IQ

From what I have read a number of those steam locomotives were built in the 19th century

Then Arabic

@@CtrlAtlDel oh yes ofc 😅

There was French also on the loudspeaker approaching Fez

Best of luck! Maybe one day, why not

@Johnny Bee for ferry yes, some train especially eurostar ask for vaccin or test

Glad you enjoyed it!

@@SilentTraveler1 I did! Pleasantly so!

Couldn't agree more!

@@SilentTraveler1 is there a menu of what you can order

What country in Africa did you have in mind?

@@hiddengem4293 Wasn't thinking of any specific country, just of reaching the continent on this route. Egypt seems like a logical candidate though.

Which country in Africa??!! Please note it’s a continent!! Not a country or a city!!! A whole continent!!!!

@@hackneygyal lol

@@hackneygyal Even if it was just Egypt, a traveler would have to go through Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Not a very stable corridor to travel by train. Further into the continent, we have the instability in Libya and Sudan

You're welcome thank you for watching

@Silent Traveler

it was so quiet as you can see from the video

American trains can not be compared with European and Asian trains - completely different experience! I've been on Amtrak and its like a rickety old bus compared to the European trains. The systems are built on completely different levels and competencies.

@@afcgeo882 shut up boomer ew nationalist about america?

@@afcgeo882 there’s no such thing as quiet American......

@@afcgeo882 I've used the Acela too (old version) and it's incomparably louder than the original TGV. For a few reasons : it's a heavily modified TGV, much heavier as per required by Amtrak, with different lower maintenance requirements and it runs on regular old rickety tracks. Maybe the new Liberty cars help with the noise as from what I've read they're supposed to be closer to TGV cars than the previous ones but still much heavier. But the tracks issue remains and I haven't used the new cars. I don't even know if they are already rolling or not ? There's no trolling in what I say, I fly across the pond regularly and consider New York my second home. There are plenty of great things in the US but passenger trains are not part of it. I have yet to ride Florida's the Brightline though. And behaviorally, Americans tend to be much louder than Europeans. If you're riding in Acela's lower class, it can be terrible, people yell on the phone, etc. And I'd hardly see a quiet zone being enforced. But I'll say it's part of the cultural charm. Even on peak holidays departures in Europe, the level of noise is significantly lower. It's tender loving criticism, not anti American bashing or trolling. So please don't take it the wrong way, pretty please...! 🤣 Americans are loud, just like French strike and demonstrate for everything and anything, it's cultural. They even invented the pre-preemptive strike, a concept not even them understand ! I would have loved that Acela had true high-speed tracks to run on and a rolling stock equivalent to European or Japanese standards.

You can do it!

Europe and Africa are as close as stepping on Spanish ground in Mellila and Ceuta and having Morroco on the other side of the fence.

14 km between Morocco and Spain

I like it that way

😂😂😂

Thanks a lot!

We always hear about the big bad Great Britain (which is actually completely wrong) especially in Jamaica and the West Indies. It was the English that free'd Jamaica from the brutality of the Spanish. The colony relied on passing ships for the trade of hides, and fruits. The colonists were involved in ship building and repairs. However, Jamaica never prospered as a Spanish colony. In fact, it was viewed as a burden and in 1512 there was a movement towards relocating the colony in Cuba. Under the rule of the Spaniards the Taino population dramatically declined as a result of the combination of new diseases such as smallpox, and the ill-treatment meted out to them by the colonists. By 1598, less than half of the Taino population remained. In 1655, the Spanish were driven from the island by Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables. The Spanish were forced to flee the island. Although the Spaniards were driven out they never gave up hope of recapturing the island of Jamaica and in 1658 another Spanish force landed but was defeated at the decisive battle at Rio Nuevo. British “world history” was largely started against the Spanish when Queen Elizabeth the first, told her Royal Navy to become ''privateers'' Pirates, and the more booty they could muster would see them achieve nobility in the higher echelons of British society. Elizabeth's authorization of sea-raiders (known as Sea Dogs) such as Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh allowed her to distance herself from their raiding activity while enjoying the benefits of their plunder. The island began to prosper under the rule of the British. Great wealth was brought to the island by the buccaneers, who operated mainly from Port Royal, by plundering Spanish ships which transported gold and silver from South America. By the late Seventeenth Century, Port Royal had earned the reputation of being the richest and the wickedest city in the world. In 1692 this town suffered destruction by an earthquake in which more than half of the town sank beneath the sea. This signalled the end of piracy in the West Indies. The second half of the Seventeenth Century saw the beginning of the “sugar revolution”. In 1833 slavery was abolished in the British West Indies, and a system of apprenticeship was adopted. The objective of the apprenticeship system was to help them adjust to their free status and to supply the planters with a source of constant labour until they could adjust to full wage labour. The abuses of the system were halted in 1838 when full freedom was given. The abolition of slavery saw a rise in the construction of Free Villages, and growth in peasant farming. The Institute of Jamaica was founded, to encourage literature, science and art. By 1872 the capital was transferred from Spanish Town to Kingston. There was an improvement in the water supply and a number of schools were established. There was a shift from sugar to banana production. The Great War (1914 - 1918) gave many Jamaicans the opportunity to travel, which in turn helped to shape their views of the system of Government. In addition, during the early Twentieth Century, many Jamaicans left in search of employment in the Panama Canal Zone, and in Costa Rica, Cuba and Honduras to work on the plantations. The movement of people brought about a change in ideas by the 1920s. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who promoted unity among blacks and pride in their race, became a prominent figure during this period. Britain was asked by so many of those countries for her protection from the French and the Spanish. Britain did not sail in and attack countries to take into her Empire?. That's, again, just wrongly assumed. Go find out how and why the British were even in New Zealand? Yet still today, we see, and we read people who actually think Britain built her Empire, through invasion and killing and stealing? The truth really is, those countries we're all glad to see Britain beat their oppressors, but so few understand this today?, and even fewer want to understand it?. Yet it's ironic, when you think, the only reason many of these people making false claims are even allowed their opinion today?, is 100% entirely thanks to Britain! Britain was also creating trading posts all around the world, while also protecting them. All of these countries fell under British occupation and rule. Britain actually improved many countries, and in so many various ways. We created many countries their own military defences, and army's, many of which are still going to this day? Many also forget that Britain protected those countries who would've fallen to communism, if not for the fact, they were under British protection. Even today, we still hear some people from places like Jamaica, saying they wished they were still part of the British Empire, and this again, so few understand today. Britain was not just all bad, but actually did a hell of a lot of good for millions of people, all around the world, we also opened many of these countries up, to trade with, not to rob and steal from, we modernized many of them, we created housing, structures, schools, and communities, and gave them the ability to trade throughout the entire world, those people found a voice, and a purpose, thanks to the UK. And many of which will still tell you so today! Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji Islands, The Gambia, Ghana Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadine, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, USA, Vanuatu and Zambia. Britain ruled the seas, and she most certainly put that to her use.

People must always understand, that if they ever want to attempt to run down, or criticize another?, then they must be sure they come from better, or can at least claim better? Otherwise, where is their right to hold any kind of opinion on anyone, or anything else?, if their very own countries can't offer or claim anything remotely the same, or can claim to have done better? Then they have no right at all to hate, or have an opinion on anything, or anyone else! This truth seems forgotten today. The people of societies only seem to live to hate and hate without purpose or cause, but to blame, and again to blame without reason or knowledge, only idiocy on a whole brand-new level of idiocy, that's all we see today. Truth is very different when you look at it in a way of seeing everything, rather than only cherry-picked selected parts of history. No country can claim anything like this country can. In the 1200s, the Magna Carta was written, and It's still used in all parts of the world today, in every other countries own laws one way or another. Britain has not only been involved throughout the entire world for hundreds upon hundreds of years, but spent much of that time leading It. Since the 1500s, Britain was (accidentally) building the largest, the most influential Empire, of all time. Love it, or hate it?, there's no denying the great things this country has given to the world, no other country gets remotely close. When Britain gave up its Empire, (so she could continue fighting for everybody's freedom), did Britain fight to keep it? No, not at all, Britain actually made sure each country had a capable government in place, before then leaving each country, we did not fight them or kill them. Hong Kong was the last part of our Empire, and once again, we simply gave it back to China. Still, to this day, no country has come anywhere near achieving what Britain has already achieved In this world. No country has given this world anywhere near what Great Britain has. No country has made anywhere near such important discoveries in this world, as Great Britain. Britain is responsible for nearly every one of the top 20 discoveries in this world. No country has given the world all the sciences we all take for granted today, they all came from Great Britain. Science, itself, is indeed British. Sir Isaac Newton: The father of physics, and considered to be the father of all sciences, by science itself. Robert Boyle: the father of Chemistry. William Gilbert: the father of Electricity and Magnetism. Ernest Rutherford: the father of Nuclear Physics. Adam Sedgwick: the father of modern geology. Charles Babbage: the father of the Computer. John Cockcroft: the genius who first split the atom. James Chadwick: with the discovery of the neuton. Michael Faraday: the genius that discovered Electromagnetic Induction. John Dalton: the discovery of the Atom, and the writer of the Modern Atomic Theory. John Thomson: the discovery of the Electron. Charles Darwin: with the Origin of Species. Stephen Hawking: the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. I could keep going, for many more pages… Or even books. No other country has given the world medicines, that are responsible for billions of people living today, (7.5 billion on earth) Alexander Fleming changed the world of medicine. His invention “Penicillin” is said to be responsible for the survival of over 5.5 billion people to date. British medical achievements started all we know today. No other country comes anywhere near inventing things, things we all use every day, than Great Britain. No other country comes remotely close. Invented the Jet engine, T.V, Telephone, Train, Penicillin, Computer, Hovercraft, Vertical Take Off Landing aircraft, LCD, Tanks, The World Wide Web, look at the history of each of those? A person from the UK lay at the heart of the device? I could keep going, Britain is responsible for an astonishing 54%, of all worldly inventions. Britain is also responsible for an enormous 61% of all modern day military invention. The chances are, if you were to look up any random piece of military hardware, there's a 2/3 chance it will be a British invention. No other country has stood up, and fought for the people's freedom by preventing the whole world from falling into the dark ages of tyranny. Great Britain is the only country in the world, that has fought against every attempt at tyranny in our world's modern history. So many times Great Britain saved Europe throughout history, not only in WW2, but many times before. With the defeat of Napoleon, being just one. Great Britain, with Prussian support, defeated Napoleon, he defeated everyone else. Russia has defeated all armies that have tried to defeat her on her own soil, apart from Great Britain, and Ironically France. We are the only countries on earth to of beaten Russia on her own soil. Who stood up, alone, to the Nazi might? Not anyone else, no, only Britain. No matter about all the bullshit we hear about the British Empire, it still did far more good in this world, than the tiny minority of bad, but even its bad side?, even that's a billion times better than wherever these people (we endlessly read talking their hate, come from). And isn't it amazing, that I can confidently say that?, and say it, without even knowing where these others come from? Think about that. But please, if anyone disagrees?, then do tell us all about these tremendous countries you must come from? Tell us all about these great things your own countries have actually done in this world? Tell us all, let's hear about these tremendous things your own countries have done for, or given, this world? Because those people must understand, that if they ever want to run down another country? Then you must come from better? Otherwise, where is your right to hold any kind of hate or opinion, on anything or anyone else? If your very own country can't offer anything remotely the same, or claim to have done anywhere near what this country can claim, and has done for others in this world? Then you have no right at all to hate anything! The truth really is, you all owe this country so much. But anyway, I can't wait to read all about these fantastic countries, and their tremendous war efforts, efforts to save the people from oppression and tyranny? This will be fun!

@@stevewing6851 You need a friend and a therapist. I hope you get the help you need

@@ngarumurray Really? Well that's funny as you make no comment about what it is you think I'm wrong about? Why is that? I mean, basically your comment is only a comment we could expect to come from a pubescent teenager, without any kind of education and a complete lack of any understanding of history, are you American, as that's the only thing that could explain having to read such a poor comment? You see, if you were to point out anything, you might think I'm wrong about? Like copy and pasting what I've said, then showing me where and why I'm wrong? That would be a comment with substance and meaning, whereas your meaningless comment offers nothing but a juvenile really stupid mess of words that bother nobody and mean a whole lot of nothing? So why do we see this? It can only be one of two reasons, you either have no idea what you're talking about, therefore that is all you're able to offer, or you know I'm right, but don't like the fact I've pointed that out, and that's why you don't copy and paste anything you think I've got wrong, as you know I'd simply then prove it to you? When God was giving out brains, you misheard and thought he said pains, so shouted out, none for me please! LOL

Awesome video would love to take this trip one day.

If you look on the world map its pretty obvious

It's not 5 hours. It's 30 minutes or 1 hour on ferry

No sir its only 1 hour the lower distance between Morocco and Spain is 11 km

@@kben3791 yes i travelled 50 minutes from tangeri to algeciras Spain

@mo poppe those experiences you had traveling by road sound amazing. As a Moroccan from Canada I was always jealous of my Belgian and French cousins when they’d be going to Morocco yearly or twice a year by car but for us it was a much more unaffordable and infrequent trip we took. Still glad for every experience though.

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it

thank you. I appreciate.

One way

What rubbish? So the entire country is a slum? Besides, the uk has more covid cases than India.

Hey traiver , you don't know the news of India . Our PM is doing nothing but destroying the country. Don't rumor it . UK 1st IND 2nd . Omicron is increasing in India . Even though you aren't a Indian or a visitor of India

@@fifam2271 I've lived in India my entire life, and yes, I'm not particularly happy with our PM. Omicron is increasing in most populated areas, not just in India. I just hope we have a better future, that's all.

Ok . PM is destroying our state West Bengal but that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee doesn't allows to do so

🤦🏽‍♀️

Thank you for the kind comment

Geologically, Sicily is a part of the African plate

You're right, who said it was a country?

Why not London to Africa

Yeah and btw that french train cost us 2.1 billion euro while most of us in morocco live below 100 euros per month, 9olhom saraha men lawal bach machi yjiw ytsadmo blwa9i3 dyal lmahlaka dyalna wydahko 3lina.

Watch the video

I was wondering about the same thing 🙂

They say about 6days

@@dianantimane1885 that’s not to bad !

@@dianantimane1885 Thanks for your reply

thank you

Hi Gustavo, Thank you very much for asking. I am making new journeys and will upload new videos soon.

Thank you for your idea. I'll do it from now on

The lagoon is called Étang de Thau and is a mid-salted water lagoon stuck between a band of coastal land near Sète and the countryside. As you may have noticed about the speed, the train had exited the high-speed line at the height of Montpellier and only goes back on high-speed around Perpignan. The Mediterranean arch high-speed line is being developed and will connect Perpignan and the Spanish network to Montpellier and the Southeastern line of the French high-speed network. The Southwestern line to Bordeaux will be extended to Spain but on the West side of the Pyrenees mountain range. This line might eventually be connected to Perpignan via the Bordeaux Toulouse future high-speed line.

I am also interrsted to travel from London to Jo burg by train.

@@cheriansamuel2213 that would be an adventure and a feat of human engineering

Isn't it in Africa?