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HollPern. One of the topics that the Aussie podcast, of the Zebra Podcast, I ask that the Yulin community, why they prefer travelling by train? For most of them, it's not just about reducing their carbon footprint. Even though a plane emits about 7 times as much CO2 as a train, train travel offers so much more, as Natyush Ershin from Slovenia explains.
Well, it's not just being environmentally conscious, it's also the other benefits that travelling by train offers you. It has more flexibility, it has, well, the safety trains are more comfortable, in many ways there's more space, you can walk around, you mingle with people, you have restaurants, it's on community on the wheels and it's moving and you're going from 8 to B. Madyush has been active in the Yulin Project since his trip through the Alps in 2018. Also, a young corset from Norway spent her summer discovering the Alps by train and appreciated the flexibility.
So you can just go like 5 minutes before the train leaves and it will be alright. You don't have to spend a lot of time thinking about it and organising your travel and to think about what you bring, so you can just pick everything you want and then go. So you write those different things, know that you think the Alps is like a jump into the Yulin. A jump into the unknown.
That's how Jean puts it in the Yulin Song about her journey this summer. Of course, improvisation is needed when there are delays or cancellations, as Nicolas Roligari puts it. My trip was quite improvised and it was beautiful, I mean, diving into the unknown, it's special and Yulin allows you to do that and we had many issues but those are, I mean, the best memories come from those issues that we had so improvising, it's quite nice when you have the chance. The Italian, who has already travelled with Yulin five years ago, is still supporting the project as a Yulin ambassador.
He shares how important it is to get in touch with people on the road. Very important to do is really to connect to the people that you meet along the way, because it's quite often that when you're travelling you're quite alone, you really don't interact with the people living there as much, but you should really make the effort and do that because when given a chance people can be very kind and welcoming. I always like trains because of all the random connections I meet with various people there. I mean, I don't have a trip where I haven't met someone new with my talk, I discussed various topics and it might sound too shame but it's true.
I mean, it's this kind of random encounter you have while travelling that makes the whole thing that much more special. Tells Mateusz from his experiences and encounters. The landscape is another benefit. You can enjoy it much more as it goes by the train window.
Driving by plane takes out most of the fun. You kind of better transport yourself to another place and you don't see the landscape changing in the middle. While by train you truly feel the ground changing while you pass through it. I think you should take your time when travelling the Alps.
I think it's also part of sustainable travel, it's too slow down a little. Says Elise Bouhelier from France, who travelled with Yulin in 2021. With trains you can be more spontaneous. When you see a nice place, you can just get off there and stay for a bit, because it's not always about getting from A to B.
The journey is the reward. Most Yolians agree on is to avoid the touristic hotspots though. The Alps are really photogenic and I think a big don't do just the places you saw on your phone before, because you're missing out on a lot if you just want to see that place at all since the people decided to show, because for some reason it's beautiful in the photo. But once you get there you might be really disappointed, because everyone decided to go to that place.
So I think a big don't is not that big to be a little more open minded, and maybe pick a location that you've never heard of, because you might be really surprised. You don't go to famous places, touristic areas, because not only they are expensive, but they also tend to be quite ugly, because they probably used to be beautiful before they became places just for tourists. Now they're all fake and feel like plastic. So go to places you've never heard about, and they're probably going to be much much more beautiful and cheaper and as crowded, so absolutely don't go there.
What all Yulin participants probably enjoyed the most is the exchange with others, sharing stories and making new friends. Yulin is like a travel community, and it's inspiring because you get to know a lot of people that are also interested in hiking and to visit the Alps and also doing it in a environmental-friendly way. So you can talk to other people and get tips on how to do this the best way possible for yourself, because I think if you do it alone it can be very stressful and it can be tough, but when you know that other people are doing the same thing and that it can be beautiful and fun, then you kind of get inspired to do more of it. The Yulin project is financially supported by the signatory states of the Alpine Convention, Austria, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
We hope to start the next edition of Yulin in 2024. So stay tuned, visit our website yulin.org or follow us on Instagram. My name is Karlin Beigle. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Zebra Podcast.
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