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The train between Montenegro and Serbia has hundreds of tunnels and incredible autumn colours. Photo: Andrew Thompson
The train between Montenegro and Serbia has hundreds of tunnels and incredible autumn colours. Photo: Andrew Thompson

The train I boarded at sea level on a grey autumn morning had been chugging up the Montenegrin hills for more than an hour, slowly gaining altitude on the sheer cliff face to my right.

Below, massive 18-wheeler trucks servicing the port town of Bar resembled toys. They were skirting the fringes of the turbulent Mala Rijeka River, which, from altitude, began to resemble a trickle.

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