Podgorica to Belgrade

Further down the train we can see a couple of guys hanging out the window clapping encouragement to the engine. We join them; urging the driver onwards with applause.

Belgrade to Podgorica

At the apparently relocated Serbian side of the border, a guard takes an age to check my passport, flicking through the pages like a couch potato surfing satellite television.

Budapest Keleti to Belgrade

Passengers come and go throughout Serbia meaning that each time I wake there is a different combination of people in the compartment with me.