San Pedro de Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador:
Two highlights from Riobamba:

1) A cab driver asked me when I was going home to Spain; 

2) A good view of Chimborazo. 

Chimborazo is the tallest mountain in Ecuador (over 6,000 m) and taller than any mountain in any other country on the equator. Because it is the highest point on the equator its peak is the closest point to the sun on earth. 

Take that Everest.