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banos and the ultimate gringo tour

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July 1st 2008
We´ll start off by saying banos is an awesome place. sadly, when we woke up yesterday for our first full day, it was pouring. we had plans to do some hikes and what not, but the weather just didn´t seem to cooperate. so instead we spent the morning wandering around the town, visiting the cathedral, and checking out places to eat. we stumbled across a really cool, cooky little place called casa h ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Baños

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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