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Transportation | 12 August, 2009 [ 22:35 ]

Peru publishes its first train route guide


LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

Peruvian tourism officials have launched the route guide called “Lima-Huancayo Train: Adventure through the Andes,” the first one of its kind in the country.

The authors, Jose Luis Parra Pinto and Jorge Zelaya Alva, describe the 332-km trip between Lima and Huancayo, departing from Desamparados Train Station in the Historic Center of Lima to the heart of Huancayo in Junin region.

The guide also features the most important tourist attractions located across Mantaro Valley.

The book includes also describes the route's most popular tourist spots, such as stations, bridges, zigzags, tunnels and high-Andean zones, among other attractions.

The guide, sponsored by the Municipality of Santiago de Surco, Ferrocarril Central Andino S.A, Railroad Development Corporation and other local organizations, is available both in Spanish and English: it can be bought in the route or ordered by phone.

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# john locke says :
28 August, 2009 [ 00:33 ]

evetybody know that it's good

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