Jun 5, 2008 - Copper Canyon Excursion

Another unusual day. First of all many happy returns to Victoria and sorry that our satellite phone ran out of battery after just a few minutes. After bvreakfast at 7a.m. we took theshort coach ride to the local station for our 6 hour trai journey uo into the mountains towards Chiuaua. Apparently this is Mexicos ONLY passenger train! The train was 30 minutes late as expectedand cosisted of four carriages - one first class, one economy, one bar carriage and one restaurant car. We climbed a total of 7500 feet up to Copper Canyon. This canyon...