Remarkable railways! Mind-blowing photos show South American trains teetering on cliff edges and tunnelling through mountains

By Travelmail Reporter

Published: 10:23 GMT, 20 June 2014 | Updated: 11:43 GMT, 20 June 2014

French photographer Jean Marc Frybourg went to great lengths to capture these incredible images of some of South America's most scenic rail routes in Peru and Chile.

Mexico divided: Stark unaltered photographs capture middle class affluence side-by-side with extreme urban poverty

By Kieran Corcoran

Published: 10:08 GMT, 18 May 2014 | Updated: 14:56 GMT, 18 May 2014

These striking photographs show the scale of poverty - and affluence - that live shoulder-to-shoulder in Mexican cities.

Colourful Holy Week carpet made entirely of sawdust and flowers declared a World Record - at 6,600ft long!

By Sarah Gordon

 

Published: 08:17 GMT, 18 April 2014 | Updated: 11:56 GMT, 18 April 2014 

 

They are the colourful carpets used to coat the streets of Guatemala's cities during their iconic Easter Holy Week processions.