Riobamba Hotels - Reviews and Rates

So yeah, I got up nice and early at 6am, and walked right away over to the train station (about 10 blocks away) for the train that was to leave at 6.30am. It was almost full already by the time I got there (around 6.15am) so if you want a particular seat (the right side is the way to go), get there by 6am. Anywho... the train ride... it was alri...

What happens when your deep in the Andes on a train and litreally ON TOP of the the train and it decides to derail? I would like to say I have no idea but after the exciting events of the past weekend I´m afrid that would be classed as lying. What happens when your train derails for the second time but this time its not just your carraige, first...

I had planned to go to the tourist town of Banos after Quito but The Tungurahua Volcan decided to erupt violently while I was in the Galapagos Islands. Banos is waiting for the nod to evacuate. So I headed for a town called RioBamba a safe distance from the volcano.The bus trip to Riobamba went around the volcano and you could see the huge gray ...

If there was one really big pulling factor that equador had on me, it was the 'devils nose', a ridculously steep incline that you catch a train down, the key being that you ride on the roof and hold on tight. Our information concerning the train ride stands as follows: Trains for the devils nose depart frequently from Riobamba. Get tickets early...

An amazing train ride through the southern highlands of Ecuador. The Devil's Nose refers to a mountain pass and the famous, INCREDIBLY steep train route, so steep infact that it involves a series of switchbacks. If you, like me, have no idea what a switchback is its basically when the train can't actually turn but instead makes switches rails an...

The main reason for our stop over in this place was to try and do what they call the devils nose train journey. We didn't manage to do it as the tickets were all sold out by the time we turned up and we didn't have time to wait two days to get the next one. You can ride on top of the train for the entire journey of 5 to 6 hours and the scenery i...

Arriving in Riobamba with ease and without incident we were once again impressed by the wonder that is South American public transport. Included in the price of our tickets was witnessing the sight of a sheep (a live one) being led from the luggage compartment of our bus. Perhaps that was why we were told to take our backpacks onboard in this in...

Ali: Awakening at 4am the next morning, I slightly regretted drinking the bottle of red wine the night before (just to test if we liked it), and was excited about the train journey not just to hell, but up Beelzebub's face and to whatever sins lurked up his evil nostrils. We climbed onto the roof of the train at 06.00, cushions at the ready, and...

This morning we went to the Rio Sul shopping center, the most exclusive center in Quito. After purchasing a soccer ball for Luis, we had lunch at Raclette, a Swiss restaurant specialising in fondues and raclettes. We both opted for the Swiss style raclette accompanied with boiled potatoes and pickled gherkins and onions, a salad, slimming desser...

As you all knew I was planning on climbing the highest mountain in Ecuador, Mount Chimborazo, leaving on Tuesday and getting back on Wednesday. Well first things first I AM PART OF THE 20,000 foot club! There are five summits, the highest is Whymper at 6310 meters or 20,701 feet and I made it to the second highest, Ventanilla, is at 6267 (20,561...