I rode the Practice to the Clouds, one of many highest passenger trains on the earth. The fowl's-eye views made the altitude illness value it.

• I rode the Tren a las Nubes, or Practice to the Clouds, by Salta, Argentina, for the primary time. 
• It is one of many highest passenger trains on the earth, rising about 13,845 toes above sea degree. 
• The 13-hour tour was an exquisite strategy to discover northern Argentina, and it solely value $84.

Earlier than my current journey to Argentina, I would solely traveled by the nation by airplane or bus, but it surely’s had trains working by it because the 1850s. 

Following the railways’ privatization within the late twentieth century, the variety of lively passenger trains dwindled, however essentially the most well-known one — the Tren a las Nubes, or the Practice to the Clouds — continues to be in operation. It is also one of many highest passenger trains on the earth, rising about 13,845 toes above sea degree.

My buddy and I signed up for a round-trip, full-day tour by northern Argentina’s Salta province aboard the Tren a las Nubes. I paid 23,850 Argentine pesos (about $84 because of a parallel change price) for my ticket.

Here is what the 13-hour journey was like.