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The Old Patagonian Express tells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu Pichu. Shivering and sweating by turns as the temperature and altitude rise and plummet, he describes the people he encounters - thrown in with the tedious, and unavoidable, Mr Thornberry in Limon and reading to the legendary blind writer, Jorge Luis Borges, in Buenos Aires. Witty, sharply observed and beautifully written, this is a richly evocative account of travelling to 'the end of the line'.
Contents:
The Lake Shore limited
- the lone star
- the Aztec eagle
- El Jarocho to Veracruz
- the passenger train to Tapachula
- the 7:30 to Guatemala City
- the 7:00 to Zacapa
- the railcar to San Salvador
- the local to Cutuco
- the Atlantic railway - the 12:00 to Limon
- the Pacific railway - the 10:00 to Puntarenas
- the Balboa bullet to Colon
- the expreso de sol to Bogota
- the expreso Calima
- the autoferro to guayaquil
- the tren de la sierra
- the train to Machu Picchu
- el Panamericano
- la estrella del norte ( the North Star ) to Buenos Aires
- the Buenos Aires subterranean
- the Lagos del Sur ( Lakes of the South ) express
- the old Patagonian express.
Brief Description:
Features train journey down the length of North and South America. This book depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu Pichu.
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