After the tough first part of the uphill ride

Mountain Biking Ibarra

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April 5th 2008
With the local outdoors group Rutacero I went on a mountain bike trip high above Ibarra. We left at 4am from Quito, which was the bad thing about the trip. Everything else was great. It was fantastic landscape, with views on Imbabura and Cotacachi. The first 10 km we went up from about 3000m to 3700m which was pretty tough. Then it was a long downhill ride, followed by yet another, but shorter up ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Ibarra

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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