the devils nose

a few peeps from banos headed to riobamba to start the 6 hour train ride, known as ´the devils nose´. what an awesome trip it was, ridingthe top of the train in glorious sunshineround some pretty cool switchbacks on the side of a mountain. it annoyed me to see some gringos throwing sweets to the indigenous kids as we went by butother than that all was perfecto.

unfortunately i´d failed to charge my battery before heading out at 6am and only managed to get a few snaps, apologies. but hopefully there should be some facebook tags to help me remember just how awesome that day was.

five of us stayed in the last town, Alausi, before spliting, i headed on to cuença with kate (aussie), and an irish-new zealand couple.

kate (from melbourne no less) and i have enrolled in a spanish school for the week and have managed to find a great hostel with kitchen to make the week as productive and affordable as possible. the last two days have been all shits and giggles around the town, the highlight was buying a truly amazing panama (montecristi) hat from this amazing 80 year old mute called alberto. the guy was absolute gold.

more on cuença to follow, and heeps of photos. wish me luck with the classes, entrance exam on monday. x