Tony at Cotacocha

Return to Santa Urku

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February 12th 2007
We went to Tena to make contact with the representative from Watchimak. After we heard from him, we had to wait for a few days until we could get to the community. While we were waiting, we took a day to return to Santa Urku where Kerensa had done all of her classes the past two summers. I got to see everything I had heard all the stories about. We had a chance to visit the people Kerensa had ... read more

South America » Ecuador » East » Tena

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more