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What Train???

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February 5th 2007
After waiting two more days in Riobamba, our time had come to ride the famous train south to the Devil´s Nose. We sprung awake at 5 am on Friday morning, wolfed down breakfast and made way to the station for the 6 am train. We arrived to throngs of anticipating gringos all there for the same reason--to cruise down through a chunk Ecuador via train while riding on its roof. And of course, the tr ... 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