Tues 9th
After a very pleasant and relaxing week in Banos we knew it was time to hit the road again before we got “stuck” there. The plan was to head south towards the Peru border and we had read about a train ride called "el nariz del diablo" (the nose of the devil) which was meant to be a spectacular 5 hour journey between nearby Riobamba and Alusi to the south. It left Riobamba at 7am so we needed to get there the night before so packed our bags and headed to the bus station with Matt and Harriet at 10am and caught a bus for a 2 hour trip to Riobamba.
The journey was uneventful but nice view of the mountains when the cloud cleared as we went up to around 3500m. No trees at that altitude but lots of grazing pasture and we saw some Llamas as well as lots of cows and some sheep.

Riobamba was quite a large city and we had a walk around. Not a lot to see really. Had dinner out at a 50’s style diner which served Mexican food and went to bed looking forward to getting up at 5.30am!