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May be bridge Lake Van in Turkey, which as on today nececitates being traversed on train ferry. This might make a more southerly route feasible.
by billfruit 6y ago
May be bridge Lake Van in Turkey, which as on today nececitates being traversed on train ferry. This might make a more southerly route feasible.
- jcranmer 6y agoSouthern rail route has to contend with mountains in Turkey/Iran, and either Pakistan or Afghanistan/Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan (getting out of the Tarim Basin somehow). And likely the Carpathians when you get into Europe itself. The terrain is much nicer going to the north of the Caspian and Black Seas, because its mostly steppe or forest, not a lot of mountainous terrain.