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  1. T-Minus One Month

    Blog: Hecktic Travels - 14 July 2010

    I know, I know, I haven't written a blog in a couple weeks, and I'm sorry, but I just don't want to write a post that just tells you what my daily routine is, Uber boring. Need to keep our faithful readers somewhat interested...Time is winding down for me in Baños. Today marks exactly one month and I will reunited with Dalene who I miss ever so much, and reunited with my passport country, which to be honest, I don't miss much at all.

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  2. Riobamba Bust.

    Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 30 September 2009

    Riobamba was supposed to have the coolest train ride ever.  It even has a cool name, Nose of the Devil.  Doesn´t that sound like something you want to do?  You were even able to ride on the roof.  But noooooo, some indigenous people, okay actually it was a lot of indigenous people, decided that they [...]

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  3. Parades, Markets, and Almost Trains

    Blog: One Year+ of Vagabonding through Latin America - 6 July 2009

    Leaving Baños, I headed south a couple of hours to Riobamba with the intent of riding on the famous steam train up to Devil’s Nose, an extremely steep incline (5½ % grade via a series of switchbacks) that required one of the world’s greatest feats of engineering. From the publicity: “The route was known as [...]

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