The Devils Nose Riobamba

Ecuador is full of surprises.

Firstly it is quite cold. Being on the equator one would expect steamy heat, but our travels are taking us through mountainous country, including snow capped volcanic peaks.

Secondly, Ecuador does not have a currency of their own, but instead all transactions are in $US. The $US goes a long way though …

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 ...

... on wheels, a single carriage locomotive exclusively for tourists. It plies the only remaining bit of track, from Riobamba to Alausi and down the ´Devils Nose´, a remnant of a great feat of engineering that used to run from Quito to Guayaquil... the ...

We took a train ride from "Riobamba" which took seven hours south to Sibambe. Via the famous "Nariz del Diablo", "The Devils Nose" which is a hairy ride down into the valley, thro`several steep switchbacks. Enjoy the pictures!!! We had to be up at ...

... people along the way. The devils nose section was a mechanical feat of switchbacks zigzagging down the steep mountain (known as the "devils nose"), although it took forever. At the bottom of the mountain, the train line was discontinued, so we had to go ...

... at ALL times by horrific music) we arrived in Riobamba. This is the starting point of the railway that leads to the "Devils Nose". It is a mass tourist thing but excellent fun as there are no passenger carriges, you simply ride on the roof! The 6 hour ...

... as "dramatic" as we expected - maybe we have just been too spoilt on views nowadays! The reason it is called the Devils Nose is that the mountain we could see from the bottom once housed 4000 Jamaicans. They were trying to mine here, and ignorantly used ...

So we took a four hour bus from Quito to Riobamba, where we planned to take the Devils Nose train ride, which is supposed to be a great and scenic ride. Unfortunately, it is not running so we were out of luck. We found a random hostel for 7 bucks, walked ...

... a fun and that evening and Jim took us gringos out to dinner and drinks. We organized to meet the next morning and go on the Devils Nose train ride together. The Devils Nose ‘The Devils Nose’ train ride is a 5 hour train journey through huge ...

... get to sit on the roof of a train whilst it goes through and around the mountains for 5 hours bringing us back into Riobamba. Its called the devils nose, not sure why but will let you all know tomorrow. Today, got up at 6.30am to buy tickets and set ...

... the beautiful mountains (which Simon commented that he´d 'seen quite enough of') and onto the pinnacle of the trip - the Devils Nose. As we approached this phenomenon of nature, I got my camera out, ready to record each and every hellish feature of ...