An indiginous woman in Atacames

Almost everything in Atacames lays between the ocean and the river, but to get over the river to the rest of town you have to cross this footbridge.

Atacames, Esmeraldas, and Elections!

September 30th 2007
Hello Everybody! Chris and I are safely back from Atacames, and we returned to Quito over the weekend, and now we are moved into Cuenca! Atacames was amazing! We really had quite the adventure. After being on the bus for 6 hours, trusty blue broke down and we were stuck in the middle of Esmeraldas, without a map and being the only English speakers around. Luckily, with broken Spanish we f ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Atacames

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

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