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Back on track: The return of Argentina's Cloud Train

by Anthony Lambert on May 25, 2009

Back on track: The return of Argentina's Cloud Train


Assuming everything goes to plan – and that's a big assumption in these parts – tomorrow El Tren a las Nubes, the Train to the Clouds, will once again begin its clamber from the lovely colonial city of Salta into the mountains that divide northern Argentina from Chile. The train's operators are taking things easy to start with: just one round trip a week until the end of June, at which point it's due to become more frequent.

The tentative nature of the timetable is only to be expected: guidebooks cite the Train to the Clouds as one of the finest adventures available in the region, but even the most recent editions carry a footnote warning that the train has been out of action for several years and that it might be back on track in 2007... or maybe 2008. South American scheduling can be pretty relaxed.

In fact, the train did return late last year – albeit only for a couple of months – and I seized my chance to make the journey across the...Read More >>



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