Train to Machu Picchu


Everyone has heard of Machu Picchu and the lost city of the Incas high in the Andes. But not many have read about the train that takes you there. Perhaps the only modern train in Peru, the journey is such that the traveller is glad to be on this and not the local commuter train. The article tells you what the experience it is like on one of the great train journeys of the world.
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