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A Truly Terrible Journey

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June 3rd 2007
This is the tale of my worst journey so far on my trip. I was in the town of Coca, deep in the jungle, about to embark on a six-hour bus ride to Tena, another remote town. Being the first person to book a ticket four days previously, I had been given my pick of the seats from a nice diagram on the wall. I picked seat number 1, thinking of more legroom and a great view of the road over the driv ... 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