The devil's nose

One fun fact that not that many people know regarding Riobamba, the city I'm in at the moment, is that the train tracks built here are among the most difficult in the world. As it turns out it was extremely hard to build, but as you probably can imagine, they've been functioning for generations without much hiccups.

It's funny how these types of facts, how this information about this country was never that relevant to me when I was younger, but as I grew older, not only curiosity moved into my brain, but also a sense of admiration and appreciation.

From the title of this post, you might be able to deduce the portion of the train track that is somewhat infamous for how it was built, is called the devil's nose. Interesting name no doubt, but this being a country with a deep religious background, it's not really that surprising. The locals even have a dance where they disguise themselves as little devil's and parade the streets.

At any rate, I think today I'm going to head to the bottom of the volcano. I'll take some pictures as well.

@meno