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The Bicycle Diaries

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March 29th 2005
OK, so I may not be Che, and I have a Bianchi mountain bike instead of a motorcycle, but I've been having a wild ride nonetheless. My first bike trip was a descent down Cotopaxi volcano, one of the highest active volcanos in the world. Fair call, it last erupted in 1905 but riding down the rocky terrain at breakneck speed my Bianchi was shaking so much it felt like the mountain was murmuring just ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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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