Nariz del Diablo train, off to Cuenca and my baby Cristina! It was a wise choice waiting until morning to take the train because we had clear skies and beautiful views and the train trip was really amazing! Down at the bottom of the switchbacks we danced with the local people and mom got a really great picture sitting on a llama... Haha We were back at our hotel by 10:30 and on the bus to Cuenca by 11. We made it to Cuenca in the late afternoon and were greeted...

Aluisi walkabout We took the bus to Riobamba in the morning and the bus driver took the back road which was cool but we didn't get to see the Chimbarazo volcano, so that was unfortunate. In Riobamba we switched buses and headed south to Aluasi which was also a really nice bus ride. We decided to do the train ride in the morning because it was really cloudy when we arrived, and after talking with the locals who said it's normally clear in the mornings. We just to...