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

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January 18th 2008
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 p ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano

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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