We dressed up as Michael Jackson

The ashes of Baños

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December 20th 2011
On the way back from the coast into the inner part of the country, we ignored the city of Guayaquil yet again and only stopped at the bus terminal for about an hour before boarding a bus to Baños. The bus ride that followed was one of the worst we had, it does not deserve to be descripted here in all gruesomeness but it started off with us sitting in a windtunnel for a couple of hours because all ... 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