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Alausi
Travel Blogs from Alausi, Ecuador
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Die Teufelsnase
In Alausi gibt es eine spektakuläre Zugstrecke. Diese überwindet innerhalb 12km 800 Höhenmeter. Wobei die ersten 300 Höhenmeter im "Zick-Zack" zurück gelegt werden. Der Zug fährt dann an den Wendepunkten nach Weichenstellung jeweils in die ...
A lousy night in Alausi
We knew we would not want to stay in this town, but with the railroad closure, we didn't have a choice. Our room smelled really moldy, and there were al kinds of noises through the night. This was definitely our worst night so far, with ...
Devil´s nose tourist trap
... a better description. Both of the guidebooks we have describe the trip in glowing terms, one saying it is a highlight of visiting Ecuador. One reads: 'Experience one of the world's great feats of railway engineering from the roof of a train as it descends ...
The Devil´s Nose (filled with snot)
... like 5:30am, and get in line for tickets on the "Devil´s Nose" (El Nariz del Diablo) train, which goes from Riobamba to Alausi, then goes down a famously scenic valley to Sibambe and back to Alausi. All the guide books rave about this trip, and recommend ...
train ride down the devil´s nose
today we left cuenca and our bus dropped us off on the side of the panamericana above aluasě, a little less than 1km from the center of town. we hiked down from the highway into town, narrowly missing an audi doing about 110mph in the process. we ...
Banos & Alausi
... on his way…cheeky bleeder! The bus to Banos was great. You wouldn’t believe the amazing scenery in Ecuador, its stunning, all green rolling hills like a patchwork quilt spread over the mountainous Central Highlands - beautiful. I tried to get ...
Nariz del Diabolo
... I am glad I made the effort to get on the train. Once we arrived in Alusi after 7 hours I got on the buss to Ecuador's biggest city Guayaquil. The buss trip was 10 times rougher than the famous train trip. Many 6 point turns to get around corners on ...
Oh how we adore Ecuador!
Lush, green, and friendly We breathe a sigh of relief And tropical air Leaving Peru behind, we crossed into Ecuador and were met at the border by a tree filled with wild monkeys. It was an auspicious beginning in what ...
All aboard
... Alausi from where we would catch the train. For once we were not the only foreigners - the bus was full of them. Once at Alausi we reluctantly left our bags in what can only be described as a cow shed got lucky and bought our tickets for the train. ...
La Nariz del Diablo
... and back up to Alausi. The rail route from Quito to Guayaquil was started in 1899 and eventually ended up coming to Alausi where it met a steep slope of pure rock... no less intimitading that the devils nose! From there workers blasted away switchback ...
Alausi- Camping Under San Pedro
Alausi is a small village with a great indigenous population. We stopped there for the night on our way to Cuenca. Our friend, Alec, was with us and we found a great little place to camp for the night.... right under San Pedro`s Nose! ...
Railroad (mis)adventures
... ready for a shower" sense. The plan was to take the scenic train ride from Riobamba this morning. One hundred years ago, Ecuador constructed a railroad track that went from Guayaquil on the coast, up into the Andes mountains and ended up in Quito. ...
Torro! Torro! Torro!
After a few hours at the market in Zumbahua, I took a series of busses south to Alausi. This is the starting point for the rooftop train ride through the Nariz de Diablo; yes that's the Devil's Nose. I timed this arrival to coincide with the Sunday ...
Eisenbahn
... hat. Da werd ich morgen hin, bin schon gespannt. Heute hatte ich den nettesten tagestreck bisher ueberhaupt entdeckt. Von alausi immer die eisenbahnlinie welche seit el nino nur noch hier arbeitet heruntergelaufen, wild west feeling, habe mir ueberlegt ...
The Nariz del Diablo
... train standing in the doorway of the station, i bought a ticket and the next morning found out that you have to take a bus to Alausi for the last hour of the train ride. The train was certainly old and knackered. In fact one of the sleepers underneath the ...
How Old People Become Children
... Riobamba, when they arrive at Alausi a few want to get inside, while another 20 tourists want to get on board at Alausi (including ourselves). Of course as there are no reserved seats, chaos breaks out every single time and there is pushing, ...
Running With The Bulls- Devil´s Nose Train
... town was watching. Dance groups had been practising for weeks leading up to the event. Folklorica groups from all over rural Ecuador paraded down the mainstreet performing energetic dances all the way in the scorching heat. A couple of people fainted. The ...
Devil's Nose!
As a break on the way back to Quito we stopped at a little somewhat tourist town, as they had a unique zig-zag train ride through the hills to the devil’s nose. The railway had a long history and it was certainly a ‘nice’ ride, but for ...
Alausi
17th May 2008 Today I caught the bus from Cuenca for the journey to Alausi. It only took around 4 hours and arrived into Alausi at around 1pm but the bus didn't stop in Alausi, so I had to alert the driver to stop. Before I knew we were pulling out of ...
Alausi, the devils nose train...
Great stopover for the Devils nose train ride if you go on the Sunday train ride. Why? Awesome local markets. One is a fruit and vege market where the aromas of herbs fill the air. The other market is the local bulkmarket where they buy wheats and fruits ...
Alausi
The trip on the train to Alausi starts at 7am and is due to finish at 12. We got in at 4pm. In short it is a train ride to a town reachable by a 2 hour bus. Tourists used to go on top of the train untill some Japanese tourist decapitated himself on a ...
You can´t make this shit up...
... taxis at least in these costal towns that we´ve been thru so far. Oh, and the dogs are friendly here unlike most in Ecuador. (I miss Margo!) Oh, as a side note, we ran into a few guys that tried to ride the train back to Riobamba. Apparentely the ...
Nariz del Diablo
... fa decisamente troppa polvere. - probabilmente, visto il costo di 11 dollari cadauno, il treno realizza meta' del Pil dell'ecuador - non ci sono praticamente locali che prendono il treno, solo tuisti - il deragliamento e'un ottima scusa per tomar ...
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