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(CNNGo) -- For most of us, a train journey means a sleepy-eyed commute to work. For trainiacs, they're another entry in the little black book.But for a lucky few, a rail journey is an expedition through cultures and across lands, providing an experience that's equaled by no other means of transport.Sure, you could fly between Bangkok and Singapore in a couple of hours, but you'd miss this Agatha Christie-like journey with an Oriental twist through the heart of the Malay Peninsula.Sister train to Europe's Venice Simplon Orient-Express, an open-air observation car allows heady aromas of the Orient to waft onboard. Accompanied by the tinkle of ivory, the Piano Bar is the social hub where tall Singapore Slings garnished with fresh fruit are de rigeur.Upper and lower berths and en suite bathrooms complete the picture in three cabin configurations: Pullman, State and Presidential. [Read the full article] (CNN) -- It's one thing to hear waves lap the shore of a nearby beach, quite another to hear them rumbling beneath you while you sleep.Welcome to the world of the "floating hotel" -- encompassing all manner of lodgings built on floats, boats, rafts or even stilts.Often only accessible from the sea, these so-called "floatels" are the sailing equivalent of a roadside inn, only much cooler.Punta Caracol Aqualodge, Panama The "Punta Caracol Aqualodge" hovers across a mile-long coast of coral reef and is accessible only by a 15-minute boat ride from the nearest town on the rather unfortunately named Colon Island.Facing out onto the Caribbean Sea with the Panama Canal Rainforest on its tail, the lodge consists of nine immaculately crafted huts carefully balanced over the water on thin but, we're assured, sturdy wooden stilts. [Read the full article] (CNN) -- A viral video showing two men horsing around in an empty airport is getting a lot of laughs and attention online but also raising questions about security at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.The clip, called "STUCK," was posted this week on Vimeo.com by a user identifying himself as Joe Ayala."While on our way home from Formula Drift Palm Beach, Larry Chen and I found ourselves stranded over night in the Dallas airport as our flights home were canceled. The following is a brief summary of the events that took place that night," the user writes.The video shows the men racing through airport's empty terminal corridors in airport wheelchairs while a janitor who is vacuuming gives them a puzzled look.They also try out the public address system at American Airlines Gate A14 and pound the keyboard of one of its computers. One of the men even does a handstand in the background. [Read the full article] 
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