Riobamba, Baños, and beyond…

Hello,

The last week has been somewhat of a long week, so here are the highlights.

We started out in Riobamba with high hopes of riding the Devil´s Nose train. The Lonely Planet guide book describes this journey as a spectacular ride. We would probably not use the word spectacular, but everyone else on the train seemed to enjoy it. Though I can´t give it a very thorough review because I fell asleep by the end of it.

Next up was Baños. We were really excited to visit this town because of all the outdoor activities it had to offer. Unfortunately, we seemed to run out of luck with the weather. It rained most of the time. We still managed to rent bikes and cycled along waterfall alley, as well as hike to the top of a neighbouring volcano.

The rain slowed us down enough to realize that we needed to treat our weathered bodies to a massage, a morning at the hot springs, and DawnO got to attend a couple of Yoga classes while I was catching up on some reading. We even treated ourselves in a little chocolate café and spent the best dollar each that we have ever spent in the history of robodawno. We had chocolate fondue and it was worthy of the word ´spectacular´.

We have returned to Guyaquil via our final and worst night bus journey (Complete with bumpy roads, a puking passenger who we´ll call ´Ralph´, non-reclining seats, a constant binging and no bathroom). We are currently recharging our batteries and are getting quite excited for our 8 day Galapagos Islands cruise which starts on Sunday morning.