San Antonio de las Cobres, Salta, Argentina (far NW)

24:10S   66:20W   3775m     8 hrs by train W from Salta (Tren a las Nubes)

One of the great train rides of the world, climbing up through tunnels, switchbacks and over bridges to San Antonio and a little beyond, over 4200m to the Eiffel-designed bridge at La Povarilla, and under the 6000m volcanoes that dominate the sky.