Picture it. The ultimate romantic adventure. Riding the rails to the roof of the world. A $12,000 ticket on a five-star, ultra-luxurious train from Beijing to Lhasa, climbing through some of the most breathtaking scenery on Earth.
That’s the good news. The bad news is, this so-called luxury train will feature — hold on to your fur hat — karaoke! That’s right, if the natural beauty and spiritual serenity of Tibet start to bore you, you can pass the time singing “Country Roads” along with a machine.
It gets worse. Because of the high elevations involved, the train carriages are pressurized, like airplanes. That means you can’t even open the doors and push the karaoke singers into the abyss. Total bummer. Here is the story.
A karaoke club in Shanghai, March 1, 2006. REUTERS/Nir Elias
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