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malaise

(297,921 posts) Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:01 AM Dec 2025

Train crash near Peru's Machu Picchu

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/31/world/video/machu-picchu-train-crash-digvid

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Train crash near Peru's Machu Picchu (Original Post) malaise Dec 2025 OP

Wow, I was on that train in October. dhol82 Dec 2025 #1

Wow is right - it's on my bucket list malaise Dec 2025 #2

November for me Coloradan4Truth Dec 2025 #3

Totally agree with you on that one! dhol82 Dec 2025 #5

Looks like Peru got right on top of it. marble falls Dec 2025 #4

dhol82

(9,658 posts)

1. Wow, I was on that train in October.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:07 AM

Dec 2025

Parts of the trip are in rough terrain.

malaise

(297,921 posts)

2. Wow is right - it's on my bucket list

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:10 AM

Dec 2025

Happy New Year!

Coloradan4Truth

(416 posts)

3. November for me

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:23 AM

Dec 2025

The train never scared me, but the bus from Agua Calente/Machu Picchu Village to Machu Picchu itself sure did!!

dhol82

(9,658 posts)

5. Totally agree with you on that one!

Reply to Coloradan4Truth (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:49 AM

Dec 2025

Riding on the outside of the road with no guardrails was truly a hair-raising trip.
I just kept repeating to myself that the drivers did this every day and knew what they were doing.

marble falls

(72,531 posts)

4. Looks like Peru got right on top of it.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:35 AM

Dec 2025

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