Looking down

The most difficult...

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August 2nd 2008
part of my travels, so far, has been this last week when all of the things I haven't yet done are hitting me like bugs when you are going downhill fast on your bike. This has become especially difficult when I meet another traveler and they list the things they have done, the places they have been, etc. Much of the time, the places they have been I thought I also would have been to by now but othe ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Mitad del Mundo

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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