CUENCA

sarah´s first time in a cop car.

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September 18th 2007
our last big stop in ecuador was in cuenca, the third largest city in the country. its a nice, colonial city but there wasnt much to do. we walked around, checked out the various markets (food and crafts), and went to the ice cream parlor a few times. we ended up spending more time here than we anticipated, because it took us longer to organize gear for our trek and sarah got sick (no, not of b ... 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