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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Even today, life in small villages in Ecuador are characterised by almost complete isolation from the rest of the country, minimal access to education and material things from the developed world. Consequently, villages habitually leave boulders and chains across their roads at night to prevent outsiders from driving in and rustling their livestock. If there is an protest or disrespect from authorities in passing through their land, they do not hesitate in throwing up roadblocks and even aggressively barring entry to anyone including police, officials and tourists alike. In short, this is a very delicate, sensitive environment, that they will protect if it there are any signs of being threatened Here is a picture courtesy...

  Ecuador's highest point is Mt. Chimborazo. It reaches a height of 20,561 feet. Its lowest point is at the Pacific coastline. If elevation were measured from the center of the Earth the the highest peak, Mt. Chimborazo would be the highest point on Earth, not Mt. Everest! The summit of Mount Everest reaches a higher elevation above sea level, but the summit of Chimborazo is widely reported to be the farthest point on the surface from Earth's center with Huascarán a very close second. The summit of the Chimborazo is the fixed point on Earth which has the utmost distance from the center – because of the oblate spheroid shape of the planet Earth which is "thicker" around the...