Birds versus fishermen

Re...chillin in Puerto Lopez

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December 18th 2006
We survived the 11 hour bump and grinds of the bus journey...to finally get to our destination..Puerto Lopez.. a kind of wild west vision of a place, dirt track roads, people chewing straw on hammocks, pigs and cockerals wandering onto the beach....theres even vultures on the beach - they stomp down the beach in this kind of very human way, tromp, tromp, their eyes masked by what looks like a dea ... 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