Woke up at 8am to get ready for the second day of hiking... not a problem. Our room smelled of old greek salad, yum. We ate breakfast, cleaned out our rooms, and checked out from the hostel. We drove a few minutes to "Scenic World", our starting point for this hike. To get into the valley, we had to take this rail car, no biggie. Now, the track that the car runs on is famous because it is the STEEPEST track in the world. Surprised, worried, scared, none of those words could even describe what was running through us when we realized there were no seatbelts or bar to hold you in... you just have to hold on. The ride was incredibly slow and insanely steep. It felt as if we were descending almost straight down,
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