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Akke akke tuut tuut, weg zijn wij!
Het is intussen al eventjes terug, maar we proberen deze blog zo up-to-date mogelijk te houden, dus hier volgt het verhaal van de voorbije weken. Na de jungle verlieten we na een overnachting Quito om richting Riobamba te trekken. Maar dat ging iets minder vlot dan verwacht...
In Quito, een stad met ongeveer 2.2 miljoen inwoners, is de bus …
El Nariz del Diablo (The Devil's Nose)
Next stop was Riobamba. The main purpose of this stop was to travel by train to Alausi, and then to continue down the tracks to Sibambe along whats called 'El Nariz del Diablo', for some fantastic views. However, when we rocked up at our hostel we met a girl and her Spanish teacher who told us that the train for Wednesday was full... we …
No more cama (or even a semi!)
Well Ecuador seems to have only Economy busses. Had an interesting night trying to make myself comfey on a ricaty old bus for 11 hours. I did get an Empanada though (a pie for thoes not in the know!)
Booked a train trip down the Devils Throat for tomorrow (lets see how that turns out!)
Riobamba baby!
We stayed in Riobamba for a couple of days at Hotel Oasis. With Grace being ill, she mainly sat and watched CSI miami on the only English speaking TV channel Ecuador offers. I took a tour up Volcano Chimborazo. We took a truck to the first refuge at 4800m and walked 1k to the second refuge at 5000m. When you take in to consideration the buldge of …
Starting point for the railroad
We were both excited to complete one leg of our journey by rail, so we made haste for Riobamba to buy our tickets for the next day. Upon arrival to the station, we were informed that the main section of the rails were under repair from landslides. We would have to take yet another bus to the unimpressive town of Alausi to catch the train. The …
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- Free parking
- Kitchenette
- Pets allowed
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TravelPod Member ReviewsHostal Oasis Riobamba
“ Great Place ”
Reviewed Nov 19, 2011
Friendly family run place. Only Spanish spoken. Nice rooms, comunal kitchen and fire place!
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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