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Walks from Vilcabamba - the Mandango trail

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November 28th 2007
I am quite sure this will be one of my favourite walks in the book. It is a four hour hike up the Mandango mountain, a prominent, strangely shaped hill just next to Vilcabamba. I did the hike together with Chris and Luc. We were told we should be careful, as there were sometimes robbers on the trail, and even a rape had been reported recently. So we brought very little money, and I just took my sm ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Vilcabamba

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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... ... read more