The Devil's Nose Riobamba

Nariz del Diablo ... or The Devil's Nose, is a 5 hour train ride from Riobamba to Alausi' and finally to the Devils Nose, a mountain that the train descends that is so steep, it is dubbed the world's most dangerous train ride. The train actually makes a ...

... of us tried to come to terms with disaster - our camera had been stolen barely an hour into the bus ride from Quito to Riobamba! Hereīs the sorry story. About 45 minutes into our journey, two guys and a girl got on the bus. The two guys sat directly ...

... Onward I know that was long, but there you are. Today finds our blistered feet and exhilirated spirits in Riobamba, home of "El Nariz del Diablo", or the Devilīs Nose train. Weīll be there before 6am tomorrow to get a prime seat on the roof (yes, ...

An early start and we were off to catch the devil's nose railway. This stretch of railway is all that is left of the trans Ecuador railway system that fell into disrepair when people began to afford cars. It has been kept open because it is impossibly ...

... sort - a long hike out through the hills to a famous rock formation known as El Nariz del Diablo (the Devil's Nose). Again, the spectacular panoramas over the remote, arid Andean landscape were well worth the effort. The next day we travelled over ...

... Quito to the Pacific ports near Guayaquil. Since then El Niņo floods have torn up the tracks and only the part between Riobamba and the Devil's Nose remains open...the ascent down the Devilīs Nose is amazing and is basically numerous switchbacks going ...

... and the ubiquitous trilby against the equatorial Andean chill. Hey-ho. The best laid plans. I checked the times of the train down "The Devil's Nose" - it leaves Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. So I was going to skip Riobamba, and head straight to Baņos. ...

In the morning, we happily left Latacunga again, and caught a bus to Riobamba. The bus dropped us off on the edge of town, literally dumping our bags in the dirt and we had no idea where we were. We tried to ask a lady standing near us, but she could ...

... goes backwards and forwards as it works its way down. It is a fantastic feat of engineering. On our return to Riobamba we noticed the sky was a peculiar shade of gray. We found out that the volcano overlooking Banos (Volcan Tungurahua or Little Hell) ...

... to Riobamba we had planned to do some trekking and climbing in the area, as the town is surrounded by the highest volcano in Ecuador, Chimbrazo, 6,100m and other mountains and volcanoes. There is also a popularr trek to the crater lake of El Altar. ...