View from La Colina of Guaranda

Heading Home from the Flood Zone Day 4

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March 28th 2008
Friday morning we received a phone call from Karla, and she invited us to her university in Guaranda. We stopped by and got a tour the school (public university) - I liked it better than mine because it had normal people. Karla’s mother works there so we stopped to talk with her. As soon as the ladies of the office saw us they ran out into the hallway and set up chairs so that we could all ch ... 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