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Cuenca: ice cream capital of Ecuador

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April 16th 2007
If there are some random errors and typos in this entry, it's because over the past three days I have spent about 18 hours trying to sleep on coaches, and the other night I got relatively little sleep after a rocking (and slightly illicit) party. ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Cuenca

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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