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COTACACHI...So What's Not to Love?

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July 24th 2009
I'm afraid that we're going to fall in love with every place we visit in Ecuador. It's already happened in Cotacachi, a village of 7,500 lovely indigenous people and about 40 gringos who live scattered around the valley and mountainsides. It's said the valley was formed when two of the surrounding volcanoes made love. I think the third volcano was involved as a mistress, tch tch. Weather- ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North

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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