Tough Trains

Across Bolivia: The Pantanal to the Pacific (1x1)

Air date: Sep 16, 2014

In this episode we explore the history of train travel across Bolivia, travelling from Brazil’s Pantanal to the Pacific coast of Chile. Since the 1860s, Bolivia has lost land to all its surrounding countries. As a peace offering, both Chile and Brazil offered Bolivia access to the coast via railways. But with a failing railway system and rainy season causing landslides, our battle in this episode is with the Andean terrain, not the surrounding countries. Time is immaterial; a safe arrival is our only goal.