I like so much those double, exotic names… Do you remember Langa-Langa on Solomon Islands, or Puka-Puka on Tuamotu, or lapu-Lapu?. Also well known Bora Bora…
There are only two trains going twice per week to the border of Argentina. I decided to take Wara-Wara express. It is not easy to buy the tickets. I went to Tupiza railway station already on arrival. Nobody speaks English. But with some effort I understood their Spanish: please come tomorrow! When I came again they said: please come tomorrow – half an hour before the departure. OK, I am patient – we will see…
The Wara-wara arrive with only 30 minutes delay. I bought the ticket for 38 bolivianos and we started the rail journey in the great landscapes soon. Around 11 am train stoped in the middle of nowhere and staff reported that the wheel of the bar carriage is out of the rail.
They started to try to improove situation – one meter ahead and one meter back. And again! Fortunately they do carry emergency 1m of the rail – it helped and after an hour we started the journey again. Argentina is close!
