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Le Carna-quoi?
... peu plus fréquentée par des touristes en quête d'artisanat, nous avons quitté Riobamba en début d'après-midi pour se rendre à Ambato, une heure d'autobus plus loin. Nous avons un hôtel en face du parc 12 de Octubre, exposant une trentaine de statues de colibris géantes, peinturées ou recouvertes de céramique (dont un en mosaique de miroirs!) face à face sur trois avenues donnant sur une fontaine surmontée d'un obélisque. Pas mal comme inspiration pour écrire mon
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The Avenue of the Volcanoes
We headed south from Quito along what is known as the Avenue of the Volcanoes. With volcanoes on both sides it was easy to understand why the Dutch explorer, Alexander von Humboldt, gave it this name. We left the paved Pan American highway and turned onto a very rough dirt road. We were unable to see much due to the clouds we were in, but that did not deter our guide from driving about 10 miles on this poorly maintained dirt ...
Silvester- fin de ano!
... um da weiter zu musizieren und zu feiern… Gesagt getan… Wie gesagt, OHNE Spontanität wäre man hier echt verloren…
Am Sonntag, für die einen eine Nacht ohne Schlaf und viel Alkohol, für die anderen eine Nacht zu dritt in einem Doppelbett, ebenfalls nicht wirklich erholsam, lernte ich dann noch einen kleinen Teil der Verwandten von Lilly kennen… Ebenfalls kamen zum späteren Nachmittag nochmals die Verwandten des Vorabends ...
Desperately Seeking Chimborazo by Judith
... the mountain which catches all the rain clouds from the Pacific. Even a steep climb up to the El Indio mirador failed to yield a sighting.
Cutting our losses, we took a bus the next day to Riobamba. The journey gave us our best sightings so far (see pictures taken from bus).
Four days in Riobamba, the town allegedly laid out to afford the best views of the mountain, have yielded ...
My butt hurts!!!
... amazing. We went by active volcano Tungurahua its 21,000 ft in the air and covered in snow. Just wait until you see the pictures. After the 7hr bus ride we got to Guayaquil. A lot of the locals told us this place is dangerous for Gringo´s so we hopped on another bus and four hours later we arrived in Montanita. Which is one of the first stops on Ruta del sol. see next blog (i like all the thumb tacks ...