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Chimborazo, Ecuador, Guaranda, Jakes Sunday Post Peaceful, Peaceful Landscapes, Snow Capped volcano
Jake’s Sunday Post prompts us for images that illustrate peaceful. Â Here are some images that show the serene, peaceful Andean area between Volcano Chimborazo and Guaranda Ecuador. Â Â Enjoy! Â Z
Hank, Marie and I drove this stretch of the Andes last month. The story of our first glimpse of “Chimbo” can be found here: Mystical Andes
After drinking in the snow-peaked beauty of Chimborazo, we weaned toward the small city of Guaranda.
Volcano Chimborazo watches over the pastoral landscape near Guaranda Ecuador.
There are many opportunities for “drive-by (camera) shootings” of roadside scenes!
More drive-by shootings!
Stately eucalyptus trees frame the view.
Welcome to Peaceful Guaranda Ecuador!
Ah, Ecuador’s parks and churches provide peaceful settings!
Guaranda’s Central Park
Chimborazo keeps a distant watch over peaceful Guaranda.
For more peaceful images, see Jake’s Sunday Post!
Thanks, Jake!
Z
The place does look idyllic and peaceful and your mountain shots are gorgeous!
Thank you so much! Guaranda is one of my favorite places to visit in the Andes, and my friends agreed with me! Thank you for your comment! Z
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Lovely photos! 🙂
Thank you, amiga! I’ll try to send some of that peaceful easy feeling your way! z
The beauty of the place beats them all and makes it incredible. You do not stay still for a minute. I congratulate you.
Carlos
thanks! that made me laugh, and you are right! i just returned from a great ‘long’ weekend and am now wading through images that i’ve not had time to manage. it’s like reliving them again, though, so it’s not like work! you don’t stay still either, do you?! z
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We so want to see this part of the world. Lovely photos. 🙂
I suspect you will find your way here! Thanks! Z
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Thanks for the tour 🙂
you are so very welcome! thanks for tagging along! z
The photographs are great, but what I also enjoy is your narrative. Your love of the country just shines right through each word. Thank you for both!
What a sweet comment! That area is definitely very special! Thanks for taking the visual tour! Z
You bet. Loved it!
You would be totally at peace there! Thanks so much for your comment! Z
On my way! lol
beautiful peaceful place you have there stunning photography,
Thanks for posting my friend 🙂
yes, ecuador has many facets, and though i live a long distance from the andes, it’s always worth the effort to visit that area! thanks, jake! z
love the shots of the volcanos..peaceful and majestic
Thanks! yes, that area is very majestic and is like a balm to the soul. z
Incredible Equador. I am falling in love with this paradise. I really like the foggy photo. Thanks, z.
Thank you as well, gemma! i enjoy all of your posts! z
“Drive-by shootings…”?? Are you having your little joke?? But you need to be careful: you are becoming such an ambassador for that part of the world it will soon be overrun by people leaving their crazy world for your piece of paradise!
You made me laugh, and yes, I should probably insert ” drive by (camera) shootings”
there are many lovely areas, and i think there’s still plenty of room for like-minded people!
z
Thanks for clearing that up!
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These are amazing and do illustrate ‘peaceful’. Thanks so much for sharing these gorgeous images of gorgeous Ecuador! 🙂
These are so beautiful! Drive by shootings LOLOL Yep, it happens here too, all the time. But, just LOOK at that scene. I MUST shoot a photo! What beautiful scenes you captured with your camera.
Thank you! You made me laugh as well! Thanks!
Yes, we should have a ‘drive by photo shooting’ contest!
z
I love the pictures and especially the face on the one cow. I wonder what he was thinking!!
Wonderful shots………..Thanks for sharing 🙂
Lovely photos of the Andes. I should add Ecuador to my wish list. 🙂
I can picture you creating lovely posts from ecuador! thanks! z
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Lisa, I am sorry that I overlooked this article until now. Chimborazo is an important global landmark in the history of the exploration of nature. It is interesting and informative that Humboldt and Bonpland covered a greater distance than their contemporaries, Lewis and Clark. They also collected more plant and animal specimens and made more friends than L & C and they did it all without military protection. The difference was they were scientists, not conquerors. Here’s a link to my posts: https://garryrogers.com/2016/02/28/alexander-von-humboldt-1769-1859.
No problem, Garry; it’s hard to know where to even look at other WP posts ‘of interest.’ You surely have many many more that I have missed, so thank you so much for these links. I am about to head home, a 3-hour drive, trading the concrete jungle for the dry-rainforest one. Hopefully the latter will soon be better protected than it is now.