Provincia del Chimborazo Vacations, Provincia del Chimborazo Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

We had come to Riobamba for one reason, to ride the infamous Devils Nose train, the only functioning train ride in Ecuador and one that is famous for the scenery, several switch backs down a steep mountain side and the fact that you can sit on the roof for the entire journey....or so we thought. Despite staying at the dodgiest hostel so far on our trip (but for $3 what can you expect), Riobamba was a fairly pleasant town - big wide cobblestone streets, a nice plaza de armas and some good pla...

  Saturday was very boring. We just drove to Baños (we got to see the ash spew out of Tungurahua on the way), had lunch in the charming central square complete with hummingbirds and nice cafes, visited the sulphurous hot baths, and then went on an ultra-crummy “Poppa Luchos” trip to the mountain tops in party trucks. So instead, here is something on Ecuador’s history.   The first permanent settlements in Ecaudor began around 4000 BCE from tribes that migrated f...

Riobamba has the crumbling colonial character and air of a half-hearted revival that only a railroad town past its heyday can have. It is hard to ignore the visions of grandeur that the town must have conjured up during the prime of the railroad era when the city was in the middle of the railway line from the coastal city of Guayaquil to Quito. Sadly, the railway line doesn´t exist in its entirety anymore, only a small section from Riobamba to Sibambe is run regularly on an infrequent b...

Saturday I took a bus from Banos to Riobamba.  The ¨casually¨ dressed bus attendants that gather the fair are relentless in their efforts to entice more passengers to voin the voyage.  They hang out of the door shouting the buses destination at every person that is passed along the way.  Riobamba!  Riobamba!  Riobamba!  is a particularily enticing jingle.  I left Banos a day later than planed so that I could t...