MEMORABLE TRAIN JOURNEYS #9 – THE PUNO CUSCO EXPRESS

March 28, 2017 · by · in Peru · 4 Comments

In all the lists of the best train journeys, there is one that always amazes me by its absence.

In 1999 I took the Puno to Cusco Express as an hors-d’oeuvre to the Machu Picchu Trail.

The ten-hour journey from the shores of Lake Titicaca (the highest navigable lake in the world) to the Inca capital passed through some stunning scenery, but never seems to get a mention in top rail journey lists.

Take a look at this short National Geographic video and a few of my photographs and make up your own mind…..

http://natgeotv.com.au/videos/world-traveller/trains-cusco-to-puno-86575E2D.aspx

P.S. thankfully I avoided the dining car and didn’t witness that ‘entertainment’ – each to their own!

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Peru 7-1

Peru 5

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Puno Cusco

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So what do you think?

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4 comments

  1. mytimetotravel · · Reply→

    Tempting!

    Like

  2. Andrew Petcher · · Reply→

    Good pictures. Train spotting seems rather hazardous in Peru!

    Liked by 1 person

  3. Charlotte Graham · · Reply→

    Those are incredible photos! They must have been taking on film, right, at that point?

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Wilbur's Travels · · Reply→

      Yes good old Kodak gold that I scanned in. Those were then days that you couldn’t afford to take 100s of shots!

      Liked by 1 person

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