Plain at foot of Chimborazo

Casa Cóndor

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June 24th 2008
Casa Cóndor is a community-based tourism project in the village of Pulingui San Pablo at the foot of Chimborazo. About 240 indogenous inhabitants live here. They have a great system of hiking trails, with sign posts along most of them, as well as an excellent map (to be purchased for 1 USD at Casa Cóndor), based on an IGM map, with the GPS tracks of the senderos displayed in different colors on ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Riobamba

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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