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The Chiva express
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5-2-2008 2:24 AM
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5-2-2008
2:56 AM
alanocu
very cool!
5-2-2008
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This colorful little bus from <A target="_blank" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/ecuador-and-the-galapagos-islands/" title="Ecuador" class="newslink">Ecuador </A>thinks it's a train. A <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chiva_Turismo.JPG" title="chiva" class="newslink"><EM>chiva</EM> </A>is an old-style Latin American bus, more accustomed to carrying grain and chickens on its roof than a bunch of tourists. But this particular <EM>chiva</EM> has been adapted to run on tracks - and gives out-of-towners <A target="_blank" href="http://www.galapagosvoyage.com/video.asp?id_page=46&index=0" title="video" class="newslink">fantastic views </A>of the <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Andes_Chile_Argentina.jpg" title="Andes" class="newslink">Andes </A>and the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.ecuadortouristboard.com/regions/coastal.html" title="coast" class="newslink">coastal lowlands </A>of Ecuador.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10661"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.been-seen.com/img/9EF0755C-F93A-4389-814E-900D296274F6" alt="The Chiva Express.......................(2786.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10661">The <A target="_blank" href="http://www.ladatco.com/EC%20UIO-Chiva.htm" title="Chiva Express" class="newslink">Chiva Express </A>runs from from <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Quito_Cayambe1.jpg" title="Quito" class="newslink">Quito </A>to <A target="_blank" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-2.183691,-79.869919&spn=0.197507,0.240704&t=k" title="Guayaquil" class="newslink">Guayaquil</A>. Like an open-topped double-decker bus in London, the train/bus offers a great viewing platform, which looks more than a little precarious when it's traveling across dangerous precipices. However, we're assured it's totally safe.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10661"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.been-seen.com/img/4C9A79BE-85A7-44DB-84CE-B4E21181A018" alt="The Chiva Express.......................(2789.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=10661">Other chivas are being used as party buses in the cities. Though this one is used more for sightseeing, you can crank up the party atmosphere with <A target="_blank" href="http://www.ecuador-si.com/2002/codigo/info_turistica/canelazo.html" title="canelazo" class="newslink">Canelazo </A>(a local cinnamon drink) and brass band. 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