Background: 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 border war with Peru that flared in 1995 was resolved in 1999. Although Ecuador marked 25 years of civilian governance in 2004, the period has been marred by political instability. Seven presidents have governed Ecuador since 1996.
July 19th 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba » Devil s Nose Our last few days volunteering at Arutam were probably the best. Linda, who cooked our food, promised us she would teach us how to make Chicha (the Shuar drink I briefly described in the previous entr ... [full story]
June 28th 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba Guaranda is a pleasant country town and known as the 'city of the 7 hills'. I stayed there one night and a morning, and then went on to Salinas.
Salinas is interesting, as the whole town lives from ... 26 photos[full story]
June 24th 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba Casa Cóndor is a community-based tourism project in the village of Pulingui San Pablo at the foot of Chimborazo. About 240 indogenous inhabitants live here. They have a great system of hiking trails, ... 28 photos[full story]
June 18th 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba » Devil s Nose Up at 4.30am! aaah. It was a killer and very hard to eat breakfast which as always was accompanied by eggs at 5am. We got to the train station in Riobamba by 6am to bag a seat inside the carriage b ... [full story]
June 5th 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba » Devil s Nose Hmmmm welll not much pics but a few things will either make you cringe or sigh...
So coming up from Cuzco...a nice 21hr bus ride through mountains and desserts...past Nazca (note the giant highway ... 5 photos[full story]
June 3rd 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba Slowly but surely, Ryan and I are making our way to the Peruvian border. We have spent the last several days wandering through Quito´s Old Town, marveling at the beautifully restored buildings, impos ... [full story]
May 14th 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba » Devil s Nose HOLA AMIGOS!!
Hope you are all well and husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and pets are all treating you well!
Arriving towards the one year anniversar ... [full story]
February 6th 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba » Devil s Nose The bus from Baños to Riobamba did not take long, although we were somewhat disheartened by the torrential rain cascading from the skies and filling up the road in torrents. It made the huge potholes ... 13 photos[full story]
January 15th 2008South America » Ecuador » Riobamba I decided I needed a change from all the hiking. So I signed up with a local mountain bike club, www.bicicleteros.com, and went on a trip with them from Mocha to Riobamba. Most of the ride was along o ... 18 photos[full story]
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