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85 viewsVulcan Cayambe(5790m)
The first of several snow covered peaks I would see on my cycling in northern Ecuador.
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66 viewsEntering Ecuador I see this “caged” shrine to our lady of Fatima (She is originally from near my home town in Portugal)
“Protector of professional drivers” -says the neon sign. Those it includes cyclists??
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74 viewsWhen one has no other place to dry out the beans, why not in the middle of the highway?
Valle de Chota. Northern Ecuador.
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131 viewsBruno Huber was my first travel buddy on the pan-America, way back in Canada, and that I had the pleasure to meet again in Quito
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93 viewsAmbato weekly market is one of the biggest (and less touristy) of the highlands
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91 viewsIndigenous woman with a traditional hat from the Chimborazo province
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67 viewsHighlands markets are always a lively and colourful event not to be missed.
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67 views"Lechon hornado”, literally roasted suckling pig, for sale in a highland market
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57 viewsMarket scene, Ambato.
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73 viewsThe shape and colour of the hat is one of the easiest ways to distinguish the several indigenous groups in Ecuador.
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90 viewsJoana, my current travel buddy.
The sun sets at our camp site with Vulcan Chimborazo (6310m) in the back ground.
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111 viewsOne of the many - long but steady- climbs of highway 50. The highest paved road in Ecuador, from Ambato into the “Paramo” around the Chimborazo Vulcan
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