Travel Travails

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These local trains carry more people in a week than the entire population of Spain. Shouldn't the signs be designed better?

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· Feb 12, 2018 · 11:30 am

For flyers with disabilities, the turbulence at airports never stops

A para-cyclist had his prosthetic leg yanked off during a security check in Bengaluru, showing that airports still have not learnt any lessons in sensitivity.

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Not everyone wants to be an urban nomad, passport in hand and hair fluttering in the breeze.

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· Oct 17, 2016 · 11:30 am
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