http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/North/Imbabura-Volcano/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Ecuador , North , Imbabura Volcano en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:31:16 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:31:16 UTC 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 t http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Ecuador/North/Imbabura-Volcano/blog-238008.html Hey folks Im in Quito right now after a long day yesterday. My flight that was supposed to depart yesterday at 430 and land at 945 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 y http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Ecuador/North/Imbabura-Volcano/blog-232280.html I decided to travel up to the Imbabura province for a few days before I had to go to the jungle to work again. I left Thursday morning for Ibarra which is the capital of the Imbabura province. ldquoThe White Cityrdquo Ibarra lies at the foot of the Imbabura Volcano. Itrsquos 115 km northeast of Quito but it takes like 3 hours to get there from Quito because of the roads and the mountai http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Ecuador/North/Imbabura-Volcano/blog-177240.html Well Pierre guy from Peterborough decided that in his last few weeks in Ecuador that hersquod like to climb a volcano. Not one to say no to an adventure I willingly said sure letrsquos 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 r http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Ecuador/North/Imbabura-Volcano/blog-168925.html