Would you give up Wi-Fi and cellphones for four days of this?
I rode Via Rail's The Canadian from Vancouver to Toronto, a 4,406-kilometre odyssey over Rockies, prairies, and muskeg.
For most of the ride, we were off the grid, in 70-year-old railcars.
It was one of the most peaceful... 🧵
Taras Grescoe 🚇
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