The Final Frontier

Jungle Boogie

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September 10th 2007
After a hectic week working in my adopted Ecuadorian family's stationary shop i decided to take a mini break to explore the East of Ecuador. As every Ecuadorian will repeatedly remind you, it is a very small country but has four distinct regions, the coastal region, the highlands, the jungle in the East and dubiously the Island region (the Galapagos)...i mean is that really a whole separate region ... 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