Getting very burnt!

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!

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March 23rd 2007
We have decided to take a well earned break from all our hard work and so are off to the beach! Got the first bus at nine in the morning to go to Guayaquil via Cajas National Park. It looks really beautiful and we are going to have to get there at some point. Probably not that soon though as the torrential rain of the last few days had caused a landslide. Really quite scary creeping round mountai ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Montañita

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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