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!)

Ecuador 2006: Pictures August 5 - August 11

Links to TravelBlog: LiveJournal or COTW-Blog (Nederlands)


Laguna de San Pablo: view from the bus
(Quito - Otavalo, Saturday August 5)


Animalmarket in Otavalo


Otavalo: I love that guy's jacket:) and hey: bikes!


Otavalo street: check out the lanterns, so cool.


Otavalo market, not the famous 'Poncho plaza',
but it stretches out all over town.


Iglesia de El Jordan - Otavalo


Frutillas (or -as I like to call them- big ass strawberries:)


Teleferico with Helena - Quito, Sunday August 6


On top of Ruccu Pichincha - Quito
(okay, half way I guess, but still a
pretty steep climb from the Teleferico:)


Salsa-class with Juan Carlos, Tuesday August 8


Afterglow:-) (Salsa-class, people, salsa-class;)
I felt so great, I just had to take a picture when
I got back to Rosa's, to capture satisfaction happiness;)


La Basilica - Quito, Wednesday August 9:
I climbed past the clocktower: all the way to the top!


Sitting (almost) on the roof of La Basilica - Quito


View from the top of la Basilica in Quito


Another picture of the ground - Quito

And just so you don't have to scroll back up:
Links to TravelBlog: LiveJournal (English will follow soon) or COTW-Blog (Nederlands)
More photo's: part three!