Dengue Time!

Christmas decorating, dengue fever, a minor tremor, and turning 19

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November 18th 2007
I guess things have been pretty busy here as of late. There's the same Christmas hype here that there is everywhere else. I think decorating was on the 7th. Pretty early. I'm already seeing commercials with Christmas themes. I doubt there'll be Thanksgiving here though. That's a shame. I'm going to miss the food I think. But hey, I've got my mangoes. There's mangoe ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Portoviejo

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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