Manto de la Novia Waterfall

The town below Little Hell

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May 28th 2008
From Vilcabamba to Baños Riobamba should have been our next stop after Cuenca, as we had planned to travel on the famous Devil's Nose train, but other travellers we met in Vilcabamba had recommended against it, and, more importantly, we would have seen very little scenery with all the clouds, so we skipped it and continued north to Baños, one of Ecuador's most popular towns ... read more

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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