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South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano December 2nd 2012

I only ever bunked off school once in my whole life. The reason was easy. I was learning Spanish in Otavalo, Ecuador but found the lessons tougher than I had thought they would be. Each morning I would gaze outside the classroom window at the distant shape of Volcan Imbabura while the teacher wrote on the blackboard. After a week of lessons I bunked off school and trekked to the summit. Bunking off never felt so good. At 4,680 metres, the extinct volcano is a major day hike but from the summit you have panoromaic views of the lush countryside and snowclad peaks of the Andes. Make sure you do your homework first with regards to safety and do not climb alone. Happy travels Alistair http://www.thecreativenomad.co... read more

Thin air

South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano November 22nd 2010

Imbabura peak

Polston

We hiked to the top of Imbabura which is at 15,190 ft. Pretty intense hike and comin down was even more difficult because we took a different route which was longer. The city of Ibarra is around 7000 feet. We went by truck part way up the mountain and then hiked a couple thousand vert. Probably one of the most exhuasting hikes ive ever done. There is a crater from a volcano but when we got to the top it was to foggy to see.... read more

Owning Imbabura

South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano March 30th 2009

View on the Way Up

Eryn

Troy, Nicole, and I climbed Imbabura on Sunday (March 29) and it was definitely an adventure! We had to leave at 5 am, I think partially because they wanted to be back in time for the soccer game, but it was good that we left that early because we needed ALL day. We started from 3400 meters and summited at 4600. Our hike up was for the most part good. We started having warning signs about our guide's level of knowledge on the way up when we were bush-wacking through knee-high grass instead of going up the trail that we could see from where we were. We also climbed straight up a rock face, pretty much basically rock climbing without ropes where if we would've fallen we would've died, and then when we got to the ... read more

Pukyu Pamba (San Clemente) and Imbabura (4609 m)

South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano January 18th 2008

Humming bird found in the house

Bonny

San Clemente is a communidad indigena in the North of Ecuador, near Ibarra. The DED (Deutscher Entwicklungdsdienst) has worked with them to prepare them for a "soft" ecotourism. I found this village through a guy, Volker, who works for the DED and who I met by chance during my first days in Quito in the Parque Metropolitano. I stayed with the Guatemal family who are the leaders of the project in the village. They have one guest room with four beds. This was one of my best experiences so far in Ecuador. The family was incredibly friendly and cordial. Their house is beautifully decorated, extremely clean and tidy, the food was delicious and I felt very welcome. Laura showed me how to make bread which we were frying in a large ceramic pan on the outside ... read more

The 10 Hour 5 Hour Plane Ride

South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano January 2nd 2008

Perico

Hey folks, I´m in Quito right now after a long day yesterday. My flight that was supposed to depart yesterday at 4:30 and land at 9:45 in Quito turned into a flight that departed at 5, was diverted to Guayaquil because of bad visability in Quito and eventually landed in Quito at 1 am, so I got to the hotel at 2 am. This is typical of Ecuador though, you are told that you are going to Quito and you go to Guayaquil, you are told that you will be there in 5 hours and it takes 10. Right now I am writing from the tourist area called La Mariscal, or if you like, gringolandia. There are lots of bars, dance clubs, hotels, places to eat and the largest English language bookstore in South America, which ... read more

The greatness that is Imbabura

South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano July 5th 2007

Otavalo Market

Jeh Jeh

I decided to travel to the Imbabura province during some time off. I headed towards Ibarra, which is the capital of the Imbabura province. “The White City” (Ibarra) lies at the foot of the Imbabura Volcano. It’s 115 km northeast of Quito, but it takes like 3 hours to get there from Quito (because of the roads and the mountains but mostly due to the fact that the bus stops for every single person even though the bus is completely full). I was super impressed when I got there, it’s a very attractive and clean city. Ibarrarenos (people from Ibarra) are friendly and welcoming. I spent most of my time in the downtown area (Old town). I explored the area by foot, admiring the many parks, churches and the cathedral. There was an earthquake in 1868 ... read more

Sleeping on a Volcano

South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano February 24th 2007

Our Goal

Ouik

Well! Pierre (guy from Peterborough) decided that in his last few weeks in Ecuador that he’d like to climb a volcano. Not one to say no to an adventure, I willingly said sure, let’s do it! So, we asked around for the best volcano to climb, and settled on Imbabura, a mountain just outside of Otavalo, just about 2 hours from Quito. After a usual Friday night of debauchery, we headed, rather late, to Otavalo. The bus picked up its regular assortment of roadside people along the way, of course making it seem like hours to get out of Quito (we were glad we had seats) and arrived to Otavalo around noon or so. Had a bit of an energy lunch, which was no more unusual then just some almuerzos (set lunch), and hopped in ... read more

Brief history of Ecuador

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b...more history

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