Giant Leaves

Banos

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June 11th 2009
Banos is a really cool city in southern Ecuador that has a great view of a volcano, lots of thermal baths, and very cool waterfalls. Everyone we have met so far has been telling us how green Ecuador is…and they were right. Within minutes of crossing the Peruvian border things got much greener. In Banos we were able to do a little hike to the Devil’s Cauldron waterfall and I felt like I was ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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