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By ShehnaznEd
December 5th 2009
Peru South America » Ecuador » Centre » Riobamba
So, unlike Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and Che Guevara we made it out of Bolivia alive. Just. As Ed said, lucky we didnñt try to rob a bank or start a revolution. So, where was it, Sucre we left you? Well, let us see, if you{re all sitting comfortably... We rolled our way out of beautiful Sucre on the misery of a Bolivian night-bus to the Capital of Bolivia, La Paz. Busy, dirty, full of old women, still rocking those bowler-hats, selling bread rolls and stolen phones. Found some nice little spots but it did not have the pleasant cleanliness [View Full Entry]

ShehnaznEd - Edward Rolfe and Shehnaz O | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 7th 2009 | 51 Views | [diary=457764]

Artisan shopping, Bolivia
Obama Exhibition
Croc overlooking La Paz

By BearandButton
November 28th 2009
Riobamba South America » Ecuador » Centre » Riobamba
After only five hours on a bus from Quito, I threw in the towel and said forget Cuenca! I felt awful and it just didn't seem worth it to continue another 4 hours. We stopped in Riobamba and got a little hotel room right down the street from the bus station. And you know what? It was AWESOME! The room was the cleanest yet, and we laid around watching tv and eating chocolate icecream cake for dinner Oliver went out and got me for dinner. It felt like a mini vacation from our vacation, haha. Sometimes it is so nice to [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 3rd 2009 | 17 Views | [diary=458020]


L’Equateur se partage en trois secteurs : la Costa à l‘ouest, la Sierra au centre et l’Oriente à l‘est. Ils se distinguent les uns des autres, tant par leur climat que par leur végétation, leurs habitations et par les hommes bien évidemment. Notre voyage ne nous mènera pas en Oriente, la jungle, les forêts humides et les rios en canoé, ce ne sera donc pas pour cette fois. Dommage, mais « tenemos que elegir » ! Nous quittons donc la Costa et ses cabanes aux toits couverts de palmes sèches, pour retrouver le béton, les toiles en plastique et les assemblages [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 25th 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=447952]

Riobamba
Riobamba
Riobamba

By zoei
September 3rd 2009
riobamba South America » Ecuador » Centre » Riobamba
SO...my second day in Banos was full of...nothing really! Spent the morning wandering around looking at the twon and the arts and crafts and things and then went on a long walk across a rickety bridge and along a pretty river with waterfalls with an English guy and Maria and smoked a bit of weed whilst looking at the mountains it was rather nice actually!!c We didnt make it to he baths becuase apparently tthe evening is not the time to go..Its only emptied and refilled at night so morning is better..Again had a good night on the terrace just palying [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 3rd 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=433612]


The beach at Zorritos, Peru was great, just what we needed. After that we headed north into Ecuador and after changing buses four times got to Cuenca, which is another nice colonial city (yawn). The Sunday markets at Sig Sig, Chordeleg and Galaceo are supposed to be interesting - they're not, but the countryside getting to and from them is very nice. Although it's quite high (2500m) because we're further north it's warmer, wetter and greener. Cuenca has some good museums which we enjoyed before heading to Alausi. The only reason we went to Alausi was to take the train to [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 7th 2009 | 45 Views | [diary=426282]

Alausi
The "Train"
Sibamba

SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH. Un gros salut depuis Riobamba! Apres Guayaquil, j'ai pris un bus pour Riobamba, situee a environ 5 heures de Guayaquil. La premiere journee ici je me suis juste promene un peu partout pour connaitre la ville. Je me suis promene d'un parc a un autre, lisant mon livre, profitant de la vie! La ville est situee a environ 2700 metres mais il y a beaucoup de montagnes plus grandes aux alentours donc il y a des vues extraordinaire! Hier, je suis alle avec une visite guidee au volcan Chimborazo, le plus haut sommet en Equateur a 6310 [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 26th 2009 | 73 Views | [diary=422423]

5000 meters!
A 5000 metres!
Biking down full speed!

This adventure began from the moment we left Banos.... * Grabbed a bus bound for Riobamba, where we had intended to spend a night before heading on down towards Ecuadors´ main Inca ruins at Íngapirca´ * Our 1 hour bus ride turned into 2 hours and an hour in to the journey we decided to change our destination slightly to include the very touristy ´El Nariz Del Diablo´- The nose of the devil train ride.....is a favorite of many tourists, who travel on the roof of the train, to the amusement of locals. [url=http://www.destination360.com/south-america/ecuador/devi [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 2nd 2009 | 34 Views | [diary=424012]

view down valley from train
drop off straight down valley from side of train
made it down safe and sound

After working a 2 hour shift on Saturday morning we have the weekends to ourselves so a group of us from the centre decided to do something touristy. This was how we found out about the Devil´s Nose Train (Nariz del Diablo) Riobamba. We had heard Riobamba was one of Ecuadors liveliest cities with "old colonial charm, with cobbled streets, pastel-colored buildings, stately squares, and an overflowing Saturday market." So armed with a theme tune, cleverly changing the lyrics of La Bamba to Riobamba (we thought it was hilarous at the time) we set off to Riobamba. We caught a local [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 7th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=406213]


Day 761 (29.04.09) We'd come to Riobamba to travel on the famous section of railway between here and Sibambe. Usually this route is served by a large steam train and until recently you could ride on the roof of the train to enjoy the stunning scenery along the route. We'd had many mixed reports throughout the country as to whether the train was running, whether the track was open and whether you were still allowed to ride on the roof (after an unfortunate Chinese tourist lost their head a while ago). Even our taxi driver in Riobamba thought roof riding was [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 24th 2009 | 184 Views | [diary=396520]

Trian ride
Trian ride
Trian ride

By Convict
November 28th 2008
Nariz del Diablo South America » Ecuador » Centre » Riobamba
Riobamba was the starting point for our descent south into Peru. The town is famous for the spectacular train ride to Sibambe, stopping in Alausi before making its way down to the world famous Nariz del Diablo or "Devil´s Nose" We didn´t do a whole lot in Riobamba except wait for a few hours for the train tickets to go on sale. We stayed here one night and set off early the following morning Neil and I rented some cushions and sat on the roof, which is the done thing for this trip. Vicki and Laura were cold and tired so [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 29th 2008 | 100 Views | [diary=349456]

Riobamba
The love train
View from the train


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