Background: 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 border war with Peru that flared in 1995 was resolved in 1999. Although Ecuador marked 25 years of civilian governance in 2004, the period has been marred by political instability. Seven presidents have governed Ecuador since 1996.
July 22nd 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca We arrived in Cuenca, back in the mountains again, this time further south, and quickly walked round the standard sights. There were 2 cathedrals, an old and a new, the latter being so much more impre ... [full story]
July 14th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca No me recuerdo que pasó en miércoles o jeuves pero este fin de semana fuimos a Cuenca. On the way there we stopped at Ingapirca, Incan ruins of the Cañari people. The ride up the mountains was beautif ... [full story]
July 7th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca Day 68
Bus arrived in Trujillo and had to sit around for hours waiting for the connecting bus to Piura. From Piura we had another little wait and then got on the next bus to Mancora, a little beach t ... 1 photos[full story]
June 19th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca Well I´m back in after almost a year. I was woken this morning (rather annoyingly) by peals of bells at quarter to seven - I would be greatly indebted to any Catholics out there who could inform me j ... 6 photos[full story]
May 30th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca Getting to Cuenca was a pretty long journey.... but I suppose everything is long here compared to tiny Ireland! First we got a bus back to Ambato, then a long bus journey to Cuenca. Cuenca is a beauti ... 8 photos[full story]
May 25th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca is one of only four UNESCO world heritage sites in Ecuador, which might lead you expect to see crowds of tourist and backpackers. But despite the abundance of churches and colonial buildings, we saw ... 19 photos[full story]
October 10th 2006South America » Ecuador » Cuenca holy moses on toast, we are in (on?) the Galapagos Islands! So, when we were "planning" this trip, we had decided that we would fly into Quito, spend at most 3 days in Ecuador, and then travel on to ... [full story]
May 13th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca Okay, so here is the condensed version of the last 5 days down here...
We left Charlotte on Friday at about noon and connected in Atlanta where we had a 3 hour layover before continuing on to Quito. ... 9 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca We seem to spend alot of time on buses. We had a 7 hour journey to get to Cuenca and headed back up to 2,800m so almost the same as Quito.
The coach journey was an experience to say the least. ... [full story]
May 3rd 2008South America » Ecuador » Cuenca Gestern sind wir von Punta Sal aus Richtung Ecuador durch das staubige noerdliche Peru gefahren. Nach der Grenze haben sich die Landschaft und die Leute wieder schlagartig veraendert. Zuerst fuhren wi ... [full story]
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