Still Sophie!

Don't fall off the doughnut!

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April 2nd 2007
Woke up bright and early to jungle birdsong which is really quite odd after Cuenca and Quito. Still, got up and went in search of, what else, breakfast - we seem to do a hell of a lot of eating here. Then off into town as a group of ten now having adopted Matt, Emily and Froydis to get ready for tubing. This involved having a pickup truck with giant rubber doughnut rings strapped on top of it. As ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Mindo

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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