The river

Tena

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November 16th 2009
What a relief after Puyo! The bus trip to Tena took half the time they quoted us, so we didn't even know we had arrived. We kept asking where the next bus to Tena was, and they kept telling us, "aqui, aqui". Lame tourists. We got a lovely hostel with air conditioning and then had a dousing rainstorm that we ran through to get some lunch. The gutters filled up and the streets were awash with water ... read more

South America » Ecuador » East » Tena

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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