{"id":38515,"date":"2017-02-15T10:01:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T18:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=38515"},"modified":"2017-04-18T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T20:53:15","slug":"kk-lost-train-geocache-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/kk-lost-train-geocache-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"K&K LOST Train \u2014 Geocache of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Traditional<\/dt>\n
GC2J0H0<\/a><\/dd>\n
by K&K<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Difficulty:<\/dt>\n
2<\/dd>\n
Terrain:<\/dt>\n
1.5<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Location:<\/dt>\n
Egypt<\/dd>\n
N 27\u00b0 22.616 E 033\u00b0 39.778<\/dd>\n
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\"K&K
K&K LOST Train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

El Gouna<\/span><\/a> is a completely man-made tourist resort located in eastern Egypt on the <\/span>Red Sea<\/span><\/a>. There you will find golfing, horseback riding, scuba diving, windsurfing, kitesurfing, waterskiing, parasailing, and snorkeling. There are two main beaches, Zeytuna and Mangroovy, which attract tourists sun-seeking from around the world. El Gouna is known as the \u201cLittle Venice of Egypt\u201d due to the canals that allow each house to have its own strip of \u201cbeach\u201d even if you may be quite far inland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Egyptian
Egyptian tuk tuk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But just 10 minutes outside of this luxurious area, you will find something very different: an old train left stranded in the desert.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Skeleton
Skeleton crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Talk about lost places. There are just two dirty, rusted, and battered train cars covered in graffiti. The tracks start at a pile of bricks, go under the cars, then simply end in the middle of nowhere. The rails are just long enough for the two cars to sit upon, plus a dozen sleepers (the wood beams that run perpendicular to the rails).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Weather
Weather worn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The most likely scenario is that this train was part of a line that was shut down due to maintenance or repair issues, and it was easier to leave these cars here than to haul them to another location. However, accurate information about this train is difficult to, ahem, \u201ctrack\u201d down. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tracks
Tracks to nowhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The train cars conjure up images of an era full of romance, mystery, and adventure. <\/span>If they could only talk and tell us where they have been, what they have seen, and where they wish to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Last
Last call<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But that part is up to you, geocachers. Where will you go next to find romance, mystery, adventure, and maybe a geocache?<\/span><\/p>\n

\""Track"
“Track” ables?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chugga
Chugga chugga choo choo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The sun is setting on this train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The end of a day, and an era<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Continue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world.
\nCheck out all of the Geocaches of the Week<\/a> on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Traditional GC2J0H0 by K&K Difficulty: 2 Terrain: 1.5 Location: Egypt N 27\u00b0 22.616 E 033\u00b0 39.778 El Gouna is a completely man-made tourist resort located in eastern Egypt on the Red Sea. There you will find golfing, horseback riding, scuba diving, windsurfing, kitesurfing, waterskiing, parasailing, and snorkeling. There are two main beaches, Zeytuna and Mangroovy,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[291,125,285,127,303],"series":[],"class_list":["post-38515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-geocache","tag-geocache-of-the-week","tag-geocaching","tag-gotw","tag-lost-places"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/02\/GOTW-1.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

K&K LOST Train \u2014 Geocache of the Week<\/a><\/blockquote>