Air Force Base

Day 3 - Headed to the Flood Zone

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March 27th 2008
By 7:15am we were headed to the airport to pick up a reporter that was tagging along for the day. Again, we returned to the Air Force base so that we could load the army trucks with food and water. Most of our destinations were along the highways. When the area floods, the military or the people themselves build shelters on the raised highways. They stay there for as long as it takes. The h ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Guayaquil

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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