Sky train, Ecuador 空中列車,厄瓜多爾
Photograph: Amar Grover 攝影:艾馬爾 格魯佛
Ecuador's Trans-Andean railway reopened last year after several years out of action. Although the famous Tren Crucero was created for trade purposes, it now operates at a leisurely speed for tourists wanting to see banana plantations, active volcanoes and plenty of wildlife on a four-day trip. With a maximum height of nearly 3,000 metres, getting back down again, via a nerve-inducing series of switchbacks (the aptly named Devil's Nose) is a memorable white-knuckle experience.
厄瓜多爾跨安第斯鐵路在多年停運(yùn)之后于去年重新通車。雖然著名的空中列車最初因商業(yè)目的而創(chuàng)建,它現(xiàn)在常以一種悠閑的速度運(yùn)行,以讓游客們的四天的旅途中盡情觀賞香蕉樹,活火山和大批的野生動(dòng)物。最高海拔將近3000米,高低起伏,一系列讓人捏汗的曲折回環(huán)(被合適地稱作“魔鬼的鼻梁”)組成了難忘的驚險(xiǎn)之旅。