I spent 26 HOURS on Turkey's Greatest Sleeper Train: The Doğu Express

Go to https://surfshark.com/winginit or use code WINGINIT at checkout for 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! In today’s video, I’m taking Turkey’s most famous and greatest train. The Doğu Express - or "Eastern express" heads over 1300 kilometres from the capital Ankara through central Turkey to Erzurum and then to the frontier city of Kars by the Armenian border. This route is rich in history and our train covers the ground with a dining car and sleeping accommodation…both of which have slightly variable experiences. It also costs a lot less than you’d think. Join me for another of the world’s epic train journeys. Albie's channel:    / @superalbstravels   Follow me on Instagram/Threads: paul_winginit ¦   / paul_winginit   Follow me on BlueSky: paullucas ¦ https://bsky.app/profile/paullucas.bs... Merch store: https://wingin-it.teemill.com/collect... I made a Bright Trip guide: https://www.brighttrip.com/europebytrain 0:00 Intro 0:59 Ankara Station 2:31 Arrival of the Doğu Express! 4:59 Surfshark sponsor segment 6:13 Boarding and finding our couchette room 7:30 Departing Ankara on time 8:40 4 berth couchette tour 10:20 Eastern and western toilets (eek!) 11:12 Heading east 12:30 Dining Car and a very dodgy meal 15:00 Night draws in, bed time 18:01 Day 2 and we have a delay! 18:46 Breakfast - and little improvement! 19:33 Scenic trip, alongside the Euphrates 21:18 Iron ore facility in the mountains 22:00 Smoke stop and leg stretch 22:37 Review of Pullman seated car 23:33 More stunning Turkish scenery alongside the Euphrates 26:10 Secret lunch meal unlocked? 27:10 Passing the westbound Doğu Express! 28:30 Erzurum 30:08 Onward up the Pasinler Plain 32:35 Arrival into Kars, conclusions, thanks, and goodbye! My website: www.winginit.me Join me on PATREON where you'll get perks like AD-FREE EARLY ACCESS viewing of all my trip report videos, my tips and tricks for hacking fares, my "best of the month" airfare rundown, and MORE...support me:   / winginit   Make sure you have your notifications set! 🛎 _____________________________________ Do you have any ideas for future trip reports? Something you've never seen on YouTube before? Why not suggest it to me in the comments? I read every single one! 👍🏻 Enjoy the video, and thanks for watching. If you subscribe, then thanks for being part of the channel! #paulstripreports #vlog #review #flying #travel #aviation #avgeek #trains ♫ I use Epidemic sounds; give it a try: http://share.epidemicsound.com/paulwi... **DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE!**