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Subject: Re: Is it possible to take a train from the U.S. to Brazil? Posted on: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:43:13 -0700

Magiel Venema wrote:

> You better just read about it in the fine book by Paul Theroux: The Old
> Patagonian Express.

I second the motion. This book was published in 1979. Even then, travelling
by train in Central and South America was hit-or-miss. A lot of the trains
that Theroux rode on no longer exist, or have been severely downgraded.
Especially in Mexico. And the Patagonian Express itself now runs only
between Esquel and El Maitén.

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