As he promised, Here I present the Train to the Clouds, because as he deserves, I left it as a separate chapter and was pending after the publication of Tucuman, Salta and Jujuy.
He Cloud train, It is a walk dedicated to tourism whose first trip as such was made in 1972. Starting then from the city of Salta and ascending until the Put the Atacama a 4250 meters above sea level for, join jump with the Viaduct of the polvorilla. At a speed of 35 km/hour, crossing valleys and streams like the Lerma Valley and the Toro Quebrada and going through some stations such as The Alisal, Chorrillos, San Antonio de los Cobres In a rise of promotion of 217 km.
In 2016 The travel mode was modified, which is done today in a combination of buses and train. The buses travel the route 40, crossing the beautiful landscapes as well as formerly towards the train and reach until San Antonio de los Cobres, station where visitors leave the buses to board the train that will take them to the Viaduct of the polvorilla. Other companies also made a journey in adapted trucks to better appreciate the landscape.
The hand of man is subtly inserted into the landscape with this wonderful work that also includes the viaduct itself, The celebrities rulos y zig zags, 20 Tunnels Y 29 Bridges that I have been lucky to travel since in 2004 It could even take an extensive route and aboard the train in its entirety until Viaduct of the polvorilla.
This walk is an unforgettable experience and I think it is also essential to perform when this area of the North Argentino. The province of Salta is known familiar in Argentina as Salta "La Linda", I particularly think it's really a beautiful province, for its people, Your landscape, their traditions, His natural and cultural heritage and added to all that also offers the possibility of getting into Train to the Clouds, Today Bus and Train, and make an incredible tour of whose ascent, The whole landscape that accompanies it, won't stop astonishing us. Wonderful colors that seem to be painted by the great artist on the slopes of the mountains, incredible vegetation that varies as we ascend, Until everything becomes more arid, Groups of flames that look careful from afar the passage of the train, Horizon to lose mountains and sky ... and the clouds that begin to appear making us realize that we have truly arrived very high.
The cloud train is truly an incredible and unique adventure in the world. Uploaded to that train it is not easy to decide how to enjoy this experience in full, It is difficult to prioritize whether taking photos moving from one side to the other of the car to find the best take and not getting lost or admiring the landscape, jumping from window in the window looking for the most wonderful views .... Or simply sit comfortably and relax in the great atmosphere that the same people and cloud train staff generate in this fantastic trip, listening to the typical northern music and why not singing ... "I'm arriving in the sun" ...
In the official page of the cloud train information about schedules can be obtained, Tour and Rates www.trenalasnube.com.ar
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