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== Hitchhiking out ==
 
== Hitchhiking out ==
 
=== North toward [[Quito]] ===
 
=== North toward [[Quito]] ===
Take a $.25 bus for San Andres and get off at the [[peaje]].
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Take a $.25 bus for San Andres and get off at the [[peaje]].
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=== South toward [[Cuenca]] ===
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The city of Riobamba never ends so if you want to go south the best option that we found was to take a bus $0.6 to Colta (20-25 Km) in Avenida Pedro Vicente Maldonado. You get off in Laguna Colta and from there you can start, in that spot we waited just one minute and caught a ride to Alausi (75km).
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-[[User:Patagonia.almundo2018|@Patagonia.almundo]] May 2022.
  
 
== Places to avoid ==
 
== Places to avoid ==

Latest revision as of 00:27, 31 May 2022

Riobamba
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Information
Country:
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Ecuador
Population: 156,723
Licence plate: H
Major roads: 35
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This article contains text from the Wikipedia article on Riobamba.


Riobamba (Template:IPA-es, full name San Pedro de Riobamba) is the capital of the Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador, which is located at the Chambo River Valley of the Andes. It is 200 km south of Ecuador's capital Quito and located at 2754m on the Avenue of the Volcanoes. The city is an important regional transport center as well as being a stop on the Pan-American Highway that runs through Ecuador. Riobamba stands as one of the largest cities in the central portion of Ecuador's Sierra region.

Hitchhiking out

North toward Quito

Take a $.25 bus for San Andres and get off at the peaje.

South toward Cuenca

The city of Riobamba never ends so if you want to go south the best option that we found was to take a bus $0.6 to Colta (20-25 Km) in Avenida Pedro Vicente Maldonado. You get off in Laguna Colta and from there you can start, in that spot we waited just one minute and caught a ride to Alausi (75km). -@Patagonia.almundo May 2022.

Places to avoid

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