Ecuador: Alausi Nariz del Diablo train ride
Posted: July 8, 2015 Filed under: Travel | Tags: Alasui, Ecuador, La Nariz Del Diablo Comments Off on Ecuador: Alausi Nariz del Diablo train rideThe scariest stores I ever heard when I was little were all set around La Nariz Del Diablo. I just was told that the Devil lives there and ghosts are all around the area. I was told this so many times that even NOW as an adult I do not like any kind of ghost stories AT ALL. Turns out that building the stretch of tracks did end up with thousands of workers dying. Even people believed that the Devil did not want these tracks to be built so everyone working there would die. It was such a beautiful day that I did not even think about any possible hauntings in the area. The $30 ticket is very much worth it. There is also a stop at the base of mountains to take pictures. Locals come with a llama and the $1.00 photo op is very much worth it.
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- $30.00 takes a visitor on a 2.4 ride and visit to La Nariz del Diablo. My mom used to tell me scary stories about this place – turns out they are true.
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- Lovely train with reversable seats
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- Local dancers
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- Morning Twirl
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- Local dancers
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- Ride out of Alausi
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- Ride out of Alausi
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- View of lower train station
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- Watch out that switch back track
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- I only looked at this window to take this picture.
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- Where the valley meets
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- La Nariz del Diablo
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- A worker has to manually change the tracks
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- Guide telling about this train route being built, Spanish speaking.
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- Reward for climbing? Food & drinks!
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- Awesome garden on the right.
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- Rare to see a switch back train track.
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- Choo choo! Really, breezy ride.
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- Perfect day to be outdoors.
Found a Spanish documentary about this area. It is so utterly beautiful here and I could not take an excellent phone since there was so much fog right when we arrived at the lower valley. Some of the photos in this documentary are also in the museum. However, I do not remember anyone serving me at the cafe, lol, maybe that used to happen but not when I went. Love the footage of Alasui as well! I am happy that I got to spend 4 days here, Alasui is such a sleepy town but during the time I was able to spend there I was very much alive.
