Hola! We are now in Quito - have been for the past week. Since our last entry we stayed a few more days in Cuenca and visited a few places from there including Cajas National Park (which spookily looked like the Scottish highlands but without the deep-fried pizzas) and the inca ruins of Ingapirca, the biggest inca site of Ecuador... well, if that's the best, I don't think we will bother with any other sites, let's say it wasn't exactly Macchu Pichu! After that we headed to the lovely, not, town of Riobamba, in order to take the most overated trip in Ecuador, or so I thought. The trip involves travelling by painfully slow train through several villages and ends with a descent down what's called the Devil's Nose. Laure was excited about the ride on
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