Abandoned Orient Express Train Reminds Us Of The Luxury Travel Of The Past A Rotterdam-based urban photographer who goes by the name of Brian has managed to capture a piece of history that’s slowly fading into oblivion, namely the Grand Orient Express. The train that defined luxury back in 1883 when it was launched by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL). There are only a couple of these beauties left in the world. One, for example, was repurposed into hotel suites in Venice-Simplon Orient Express. The other, the one you’ll see in the pictures below, stands dormant in Belgium, untouched from its last trip in December of 2009. The Orient Express is only one of the awesome finds by the urban explorer and photographer: “When I step into an abandoned site it feels like stepping into a time machine. I try to feel the emotions of it’s past and that is what I want to show in my pictures,” Brian writes on his website. “When people are looking at my work and raise a question about the “what, why, when” then I feel I have succeeded.” Eastern & Oriental Express - Singapore To Bangkok We’re in Singapore about to board the famous luxury train, Eastern & Oriental Express. It’s going to be a three-day journey. We’ll travel through Malaysia and Thailand in pure luxury. Here are our tickets. Let’s go find the train. Ok, so we just checked into our cabin, we’ve got our welcome drink, and soon we’re going to be leaving Singapore and crossing into Malaysia. It’s a really cute cabin. I think we’re going to really enjoy ourselves here. As you can see, we’re getting ready for dinner. The dress code for evening is a suit, tie, and evening dress. Let’s go enjoy ourselves. Look at that, turned our cabin into a bedroom. Looks comfy. Ok, so we just arrived in Penang. We’ve been here before. It’s actually one of our favorite places in Malaysia, and today we’re going to take the guided trishaw tour around George Town.
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