Guayaquil, Ecuador

Guayaquil, Ecuador

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December 12th 2007
This day was a bit of a disaster and our first visit to Ecuador. After 9 days at sea from Nuku Hiva we were looking forward to our trip to Quito and seeing the high Andes. However, we had been warned that we'd be arriving late which, in fact, turned out to be incorrect and we arrived maybe 10 minutes behind schedule at most. The tour though had already been re-jigged and we were not to take our ai ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Guayaquil

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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