From Loathing to Tolerance of Being Almost in the Middle of Nowhere (AKA the Amazon)
April 3rd 2008 Hello everyone, I realize I'm a little behind but been traveling some more (in fact I'm in a McDonald's in Guatemala City for the hotel conference I decided to attend. I might write more on that later...). Anyway, while I have a half hour of free wi-fi thanks to McD's, here's what I previously wrote on the Amazon...
I’m back in Quito, and quite frankly freezing as I went from 90F and about th
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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 
