Sunday, October 27, 2013

Train ride in Alausi, Ecuador!

LOVE the color of the buildings in the background!

Javier from Spain, Joe from England, Carlos from Alaska, and me


 Love the colors, and...

This name (Eloy Alfaro, a former president?) reminds me of my little brother, Eli Alvarez

 $25 train ride, most expensive part of my trip!

But still smiling!


   


 Apparently this rock (in the middle, stuck between the other rocks) signifies that dynamite was used in the costruction of this railroad, but I'm not exactly sure why it means that...



 Train station below! We went up a hill, then backed up, and went back down to the lower level shown here

 About as much fun as it looks

This mountain is called ''The Devil's Nose'' because apparently 2,500 of the 4,000 railroad workers died in construction from dynamite mishaps or illnesses such as yellow fever and the plague... we couldn't really see the nose part of the mounntain, though.

Tourists

 Carlos borrowed the conductor's hat for our photo shoot

 Just...

yeah!

 Doing an awesome dance at the station!

 Yes, I got swept away by one of these men, and, no, I still can't dance





Herbs 'n stuff

 Hard-boiled quail eggs

Carlos ate 60 of these and attracted a crowd of 50+ people

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