Where we had to drop the tourist attractions of Temuco on our first day, because of changes in our program, due to further changes we suddenly find ourselves with time on our hands, and a full day in Temuco for the things listed in my guide book. Worthwhile here are the regional museum, with its … Read more
We had no intention to stop in Carahue, just a small town in between the coast and our end destination, Temuco. But upon entering town we are confronted with the railway museum, always a reason to have a quick look. And indeed, some old trains – steam engines and carriages – have been parked on … Read more
We need to change money. ATMs are no good, because the maximum they dispatch is the equivalent of 40 US$. Our cash dollars are good for local currency, the Leone, which confusingly comes in old and in new notes. We briefly feel ourselves a millionaire, with all these LE 10,000 notes, until we realise that … Read more
Santa Fe is a pleasant, somewhat sleepy, in summer steamy, provincial capital with an attractive historical centre, and furthermore a focus on water and beer.
Home to Indonesia’s railway museum, Ambarawa has little else to offer, especially if the museum is closed.
The story of a closed railway museum in Ambarawa and a simple lunch in an institution in Magelang.
Fabulous railway hotel near the savannah-type National Park around the Awash river, awash with game and birds.
Possibly the highest train in the world winds through spectacular mountain landscape across wonders of engineering.
We are heading north again, this time to the Afar region and the desert area of Danakil. A stop-over in Awash allowed us a brief round through the Awash National Park, the first place where we do see some larger mammals, in numbers. Gazelles, and especially the majestic Oryx, as well as Kudu and what … Read more