I give to you, the Las Flores "Train" Terrifying in slowness, paralyzing in heights, as neither were of greatness. We didn't leave the ground, nor did we break "20" (km/hr nor mph). This "ride" falls in the category of, "we're gonna die", and sadly rather literally, When, not if, this things goes off the rails, it in deed does Not kill someone…. Trains, err Roller coasters are built on 'smooth' gliding rails that a car zips along. Oh we had rails, the zipping part however, was rather a little lacking as the car required Push starting by some rather 'hefty' Colombiano's. For the most part the 'ride' would be considered rather slow, near boring in fact, even when pieces of wood were required to "piece the track back together", because falling off the rails here, merely meant pushing the car back and trying again. The "Sensational" part was when the cart teetered near an edge and then shimmied and shacked that would make Elvis jealous… and plunged the whole lot of us into the ocean several meters down. I eventually asked Pao to take a picture of our friend "clinging" to her husbands shirt for the "proof is in the pudding" shot. We made it there, and another story on how we got back, but the 7km "Rollercoaster" was quite the "Thrill". (Editors note: Pao said after hearing my story that it really doesn't do the scary parts justice, heh hee)
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