Cuenca Street

Southern Ecuador and the Hornets Nest at the Border

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October 13th 2007
I have a love hate relationship with Cuenca. I love it because it is the best city in Ecuador. It´s not even close. I hate it because we studied so long in Quito instead of Cuenca. People in southern Ecuador are very friendly. Our cabbie even said our spanish was good. I guess comments like that don´t hurt when you are working for tips, but he was still the nicest cabbie of the trip. The cit ... 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