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  Riobamba Ecuador
Riobamba is an important road junction on the main railroad from Quito to Guayaquil.
Riobamba is the main departure point for the spectacular train ride to Sibambe and the city's proximity to Chimborazo, Ecuador's highest peak, has made the city a hub of climbing activity and an excellent place to hire climbing guides.
Riobamba has theaters, various auditoriums and it's known for its large folk dance and music groups.
www.ecuadors.org /riobamba   (452 words)

  
 Riobamba - Ecuador
The main celebration in Riobamba is Fiesta del Niño Rey de Reyes, which starts in December and ends on January 6, with many colorful parades and music during the festivities.
Riobamba is a good base to climb Carihuairazo, Chimborazo, Sangay and Altar.
There is a ball game in Riobamba called "the mamona", which is played with a leather ball and hit with the hand.
www.thebestofecuador.com /riobamba.htm   (1815 words)

  
 A Cry from Riobamba
A CRY FROM RIOBAMBA In his Fedora hat, Quichua garb and with absolute confidence, the indigenous Master of Ceremonies intervened during the discourse of one of many Latin American Bishops present in Riobamba, Ecuador for a hemispheric meeting of the churches, "Thank you, Monsenor, your time is up." The bishop stopped talking.
In August of 1976 in the wake of the Medellin Conference, the hemispheric churches met in Riobamba, Ecuador.
Riobamba, Ecuador, August/September, 1998 Hoping that the Ecuadoran government would not intervene as in 1976, the churches of Latin America convened in the Andes with a new component; macro-ecumenism.
www.colombiasupport.net /199808/riobamba.html   (1243 words)

  
 Riobamba travel guide - Wikitravel
Riobamba is a city in the Andean highlands of Ecuador.
Riobamba is the terminus for the only train route running in the whole of Ecuador, and that almost exclusively as a tourist attraction.
Riobamba is the nearest city to Mount Chimborazo.
wikitravel.org /en/Riobamba   (903 words)

  
 Riobamba, Ecuador. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
Sitting on the Panamericana 52km south of Ambato, RIOBAMBA is a handsome and lively city made up of stately squares, flaking, pastel-coloured buildings, cobbled streets and sprawling markets – an enjoyable place to visit in itself, but also the starting point of the famous "Devil's Nose" train ride.
Riobamba's main bus terminal (tel 03/962005) is a couple of kilometres from the centre at the intersection of avenidas Daniel León Borja and De La Prensa; taxis into town cost $0.80, or you can take a bus down Daniel León Borja as far as the centrally located train station.
Riobamba is the starting point of the train ride that takes in the famous Nariz del Diablo ("Devil's Nose") – a series of tight switchbacks carved out of the mountainside, taking you down an 800m descent.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/ecuador/riobamba   (194 words)

  
 Riobamba   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ilustre Municipio de Riobamba Información sobre la ciudad, sus sitios turísticos, historia y fiestas.
A pocos minutos de Riobamba, proporciona datos sobre servicios, reservaciones y mapa de ubicación.
Unidad Educativa Jefferson Información sobre este plantel ubicado en Riobamba.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Riobamba.html   (400 words)

  
 Riobamba Stereo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nuestra emisora lleva el nombre de Riobamba, como homenaje a nuestra ciudad y el de Bonita, como apelativo por ser una radio que llega al gusto de todos sus oyentes.
Riobamba Stereo tiene una programación variada y que cubre la espectativa de todos sus oyentes: noticias, deportes, cultura, historia.
Somos riobambeños que amamos a nuestra ciudad y que buscamos en riobamba nuestra fuente de trabajo y desarrollo.
www.riobambastereo.com /paginas/laradio.asp   (394 words)

  
 Riobamba   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After a tiring four hours, the busses are driving really crazy and there seems to be no rules on the road except honking a lot, we arrived in riobamba.
This is the primarily reason we came to Riobamba.
Back in Alausi we had a lunch and at one thirty we get into the bus and after a six hour drive we were quite happy to arrive savely in Quito and have survived the busride.
members.chello.nl /p.slooten1/riobamba.html   (245 words)

  
 Riobamba - Exploring Ecuador.Com Travel information, tours, Ecuador hotels Riobamba, maps.
Riobamba is build in a symmetric and rational way on a plateau surrounded by snow cones such as Chimborazo, Altar, Carihuayrazo.
Riobamba was one of the most flourishing places during Colony, but a strong earthquake buried Riobamba, and the city was transfered to its actual location, in 1799.
The real richness of Riobamba and Chimborazo Province consists in its inhabitants:, whose culture is widely influenced and penatrated by the traditional Indigenous cultures and communities of the highlands of the Andes.
exploringecuador.com /sierra/riobamba   (812 words)

  
 The province of Chimborazo - Riobamba - Mountain climbing - Indigenous communities - Nariz del Diablo - Railroad routes
Riobamba is the capital city of the province of Chimborazo.
From the Riobamba station, the train parts to the most impressive track of the railway through the "Avenue of the Volcanoes", which ends up at the "Nariz del Diablo".
Marco Cruz lives in Riobamba and operates a travel agency that is dedicated to managing groups that are interested in High Mountain trekking and climbing, Expediciones Andinas.
www.exploringecuador.com /en_ar_riobamba.htm   (2254 words)

  
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Old Riobamba was the capital of the Kingdom of Puruha before the conquest of the Incas; it was destroyed by Ruminiahui during his retreat in 1533 after his defeat by Benalcázar.
Velasco the historian and the poets Larrea and Orozco were natives of Riobamba.
It was here too that the first national Ecuadorian convention was held in 1830.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/r/riobamba.html   (233 words)

  
 Chimborazo Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
Surrounded by spectacular snowcapped peaks such as Chimborazo (at 6,310 m, Ecuador's highest peak), Riobamba, the former capital of Ecuador, is known as the Sultan of the Andes.
Guano, ten minutes from Riobamba, is an important handicraft center known its wool and carpet weavings.
A 30-minute drive from Riobamba brings you to this cemetery, famous for its Pleistocene animal fossils and the human remains found in Chalán gully which date back to 8,000 BC.
www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/chimborazo_en.htm   (483 words)

  
 Constitution Town of Riobamba
Riobamba is the provincial capital of Chimborazo and is dominated by
Riobamba is the place where the first constitution was written and is therefore called the birthplace of the republic.
It boasts of an colonial center with old churches and buildings and is the starting point of the train ride passing the famous Devil's Nose.
www.ecuador-images.net /town.riobamba.htm   (66 words)

  
 Ecuador - Jungle - Cotopaxi - Tungurahua - Chimborazo - Baños - Climbing - Hiking - Riobamba Basecamp
JULIO VERNE is settled in Riobamba, the geographical centre of Ecuador.
Riobamba is surrounded by the magnificent snow-capped peaks of Chimborazo, Carihuairazo, El Altar, Tungurahua and Sangay.
Riobamba has an attractive historical centre with many plazas, parks, museums and colonial buildings.
www.julioverne-travel.com /content/view/17/73/lang,EN   (342 words)

  
 Ecuador - Jungle - Cotopaxi - Tungurahua - Chimborazo - Baños - Climbing - Hiking - Riobamba como Campo Base
Gracias a su ubicación central y su gran altura (2754 m.) Riobamba "Capital del Andinismo del Ecuador" es el lugar perfecto para aclimatar y preparar viajes de trekking y escalada en los Andes.
Riobamba tiene un hermoso centro histórico con plazas, parques, museos y edificios coloniales.
Desde Riobamba usted puede hacer excursiones a hermosas lagunas, aguas termales y pueblos tranquilos.
www.julioverne-travel.com /content/view/17/73/lang,ES   (364 words)

  
 Highlights of Ecuador
On the road to Riobamba, you will pass by the Igualata ridge on the Urbina moorlands, the highest point on the Pan-American Highway at the base of Ecuador's highest mountain the snow capped Chimborazo (6.310 m.
Riobamba is the birthplace of Ecuador's first constitution, in 1830.
Arrive to one of Riobamba's country inns for a well-deserved rest, surrounded by volcanoes.
www.freegatetours.com /sa48.htm   (769 words)

  
 Hotels in Riobamba - Riobamba hotel reservations & reviews. Riobamba travel guide and hotel list. Hotels in Riobamba
Riobamba hotels and resorts reservation guide - the definitive guide to Riobamba accommodation.
The Riobamba hotels and resorts guide provides a brief summary, customer ratings and reviews for hotels or resorts.
For detailed hotel information or to reserve a hotel or resort in Riobamba, please select a hotel or resort and let asiahotels.com be your Riobamba travel agent.
www.asiahotels.com /hl/Riobamba-Ecuador.asp   (174 words)

  
 Riobamba Devil s Nose Travel Blogs
Riobamba was a quite calm and pretty litte city.
Nous partons en particulier dans la sierra, a Riobamba, pour prendre un train qui passe par des chemins extrêmement escarpés, a tel point qu'il doit faire des marches arrières dans une descente trop raide pour faire des virages, et située sur les flans du mont "le nez du diable".
We arrived around six o’clock in the morning at the station and climbed up onto the roof (where most of the other passengers were) and waited for the departure.
www.travelblog.org /South-America/Ecuador/Riobamba---Devil-s-Nose   (758 words)

  
 Riobamba, Ecuador  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
An important road junction on the main railroad from Quito to Guayaquil, Riobamba is the trade center of a cattle-ranching area.
Also located in the city is a university-level polytechnic school (1969).
Founded about 1534, Riobamba was destroyed by earthquake in 1797 and rebuilt 14 km (9 mi) from the original site.
www.galenfrysinger.com /riobamba_ecuador.htm   (106 words)

  
 YouTube - FASSO PÉNDULO - PREMIOS JUVENTUD - RIOBAMBA
YouTube - FASSO PÉNDULO - PREMIOS JUVENTUD - RIOBAMBA
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Fasso Péndulo Riobamba Quito Guayaquil Ecuador Rock Premios Juventud
www.youtube.com /watch?v=-LQaHtXElIc   (312 words)

  
 YouTube - Pique en Riobamba
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Evento de 1/4 de milla en Riobamba (more)
Evento de 1/4 de milla en Riobamba (less)
www.youtube.com /watch?v=iMso10cCwOM   (202 words)

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