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.
June 25th 2008South America » Ecuador » Quilitoa Loop In Chugchilan I finally met some other backpackers. I had a great time exchanging stories and finally speaking English. A few of us went on a day trip and were surrounded by a pack of fierce, angry ... [full story]
June 23rd 2008South America » Ecuador » Quilitoa Loop » Chugchilan After barely sleeping in my leaky room in Quilotoa, I simply wanted to get out of that town, despite feeling tired and a bit ill. It was still in the high forties at around 9:30, so I decided to pack ... [full story]
June 3rd 2008South America » Ecuador » Quilitoa Loop 2 blog postings in one day!!! I was feeling bad with the less that standard performance that I had once kept up, and combined with much information, I decided to post this one today as well (the real ... 3 photos[full story]
April 10th 2008South America » Ecuador » Quilitoa Loop Hello to you all, firstly apologies for being so slack on the blog front, we have been incredibly busy as you will see....!
The last blog saw us arriving in northern Ecuador, greeted by quite possi ... 8 photos[full story]
April 13th 2008South America » Ecuador » Quilitoa Loop Hey Team,
here´s a little update, sorry I havent written too many blogs in this country- the rainy weather everyday supresses my writing style.
This Saturday I went to a huge lake/lagoon called ... [full story]
March 25th 2008South America » Ecuador » Quilitoa Loop On to the final country of the trip then and into Ecuador the hard way. From Trujillo, it was 3 separate bus trips, totalling 24 hours, to get the city of Cuenca on the Central highlands route through ... 11 photos[full story]
March 16th 2008South America » Ecuador » Quilitoa Loop Wow, what an amazing week!
The last time I posted, we were in Quito and we were going to head out into the rural highlands of Ecuador. We took a bus two hours south of Quito to a small city at 11,0 ... [full story]
February 8th 2008South America » Ecuador » Quilitoa Loop Hola from Quito….again
We are back from some more adventures, and preparing for our next. So here we are writing another couple of entries about our latest exploits.
First things first I ... [full story]
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