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Whales!!

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August 10th 2010
Thursday morning came and I said my goodbyes and caught a bus to Baños for a nice lunch, then headed to Quito where I had about an hour to eat before getting on my overnight bus to Puerto Lopez on the coast. I was a little worried about taking the night bus solo but all was fine, aside from the driver stopping every hour to break. I didn´t get much sleep. We got in 2 hr earlier than planned, ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Puerto López

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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