Ecuador 2006: Pictures August 12 - August 18
I'm working on the final part of my Travelblog.
In the meantime you can enjoy the pictures:
(Missed the earlier parts? Click for week 1, click for week 2)

August 12: Bus from Quito to Riobamba


View from the bus Quito - Riobamba



View from the bus Quito - Riobamba



Hotel Estacion - Riobamba



Hotel Estacion - Riobamba



Riobamba - Iglesia de San Antonio



Playground - Riobamba: I love those monsters!



Lovely tiles - road to cathedral Riobamba



Cathedral, Parque Maldonado - Riobamba



Waiting in line for traintickets - Riobamba



Getting a ticket for the train is serious business - Riobamba


August 13: Spectacular trainride - on the roof!)
from Riobamba to El Nariz del Diablo
(and from there a bus from Aluisi to Cañar)


Breakfast (early!) Riobamba



On top of the train - Riobamba



My pov to the front of the train



And we're off: 07.00 am: train Riobamba - Aluisi



I love this picture:-)



It's kind of chilly early in the morning



Train to El Nariz del Diablo: around 9 am stop in Guamote,
empaladas con queoso (y bananas;) for breakfast: tasty!



Enjoying the ride;-)



Watch your heads!



Spectacular views all around



View from the train



Another amazing view



and another one



There were a lot of Kodak-moments;)



Short stop in Aluisi, next is the loop to El Nariz del Diablo



And this is it: El Nariz del Diablo! (ehm I don't see it,
but I guess if you have been working for monthts
on getting the tracks across that big mountain,
all the rocks start to look evil;-)



Smudgy hotel in Cañar, with the very important TV
including tvAmazonas-channel *g*
(more on that in my travelblog;)


August 14: bus from Cañar to Ingapirca
=most important Inga-ruins in Ecuador
(from there bus to Cuenca)


Road to -you guessed it- Incapirca,
a five minute walk from the village with the same name



Incapirca ruins



Inganahui, near Incapirca,
now that is what I call a face in the rocks;)


August 15: exploring Cuenca


In the background you can see the old cathedral



Cuenca: piñata-party:-)



Parque Calderon, Cuenca



View from the restaurant in Hotel Milan, Cuenca


August 16: Bus from Cuenca to Guayaquil


Heh: entrance (and me;) busstation Cuenca


View from the bus Cuenca - Guayaquil
(Parque Nacional Cajas)


Another lovely view from the bus to Guayaquil *g* (What?)



Guyaquil: boardwalk & Las Peñas



I could post another picture of another cathedral,
but thought this would make a nice change: a statue!


August 17: Bus from Guyaquil back to Quito (about 8 hours)


On the road: banana-trees!


August 18: leaving Ecuador


Leaving Quito: (on to New York!)