TOPSHOT Esther Ndhlovu (58, C) the head chef onboard the Blue Train talks to passengers as the train approaches the Karoo area on February 25, 2021. - Ndhlovu has been a chef for the Blue Train for 23 years now. Forty-eight hours to stop thinking about anything, to let yourself be pampered, to play the princes and princesses. The Blue Train, the ultimate luxury travel train experience, crosses South Africa for more than 1,400 km from Cape Town, its southern tip, to its capital Pretoria, through fields and slums, urban centres and dream landscapes. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)