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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.

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By Otane
October 14th 2005

Lateinamerika - Woche 45 (Ecuador)

South America » Ecuador

Montañita

08.10.05 Gegen 08.30 Uhr ging ich auf die Strasse. Heute war es viel anders als gestern. Viele bekannte Gesichter und viel mehr Leute. Ich traf auch gleich auf Raoul und Arturo. Sie bestellten soeben Fruehstueck und ihr erstes Bier. Es dauerte nicht lange, da kam auch Tony hinzu. Irgendwie hatte er staendig das Gefuehl, an mir haengen zu muessen und Arturo machte auch staendig Anzeichen. Tony brachte ich praktisch nicht mehr los. Erst als Daniel vom surfen zurueckkam, hatte ich eine Moeglichkeit zu fliehen. Ich ging mit ihm zu seinem Surfpunkt und schaute ein bisschen den Surfern zu. Als ich [View Full Entry]

By shamrock
October 13th 2005

Just a quick note . . .

South America » Ecuador » Quito

. . . reassuring you that I have not fallen off the planet. I spent last weekend in Otavalo, and am currently in the process of catching up on my writing. Never fear! Something of interest will appear here soon! :) em [View Full Entry]

By G Dog
October 13th 2005

Quito and Banos

South America » Ecuador

In the middle of the world

So, we finally arrived safe and sound in Quito. Met the peeps who will be our truck mates for the next 8 weeks. A really nice bunch, pretty much all of them are on career breaks and 5 of 15 are accountants. What a percentage! So a lot of green, yuppie style travellers let loose on South America! Went to the equator on the first day, this was one of the things I (Becky) really wanted to visit, for some reason get excited about the fact that you can balance an egg on the head of a pin there (as the [View Full Entry]

By ecuadorfox
October 12th 2005

Si se puede (Days of Awe)

South America » Ecuador » Quito

It felt so great to hear the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, it's such an important mitzvah. However, spending Shabbat Shuvah with 40,000 screaming, chanting Ecuadorians probably is not a mitzvah. I have been in Quito three times now in the past ten days. First for Rosh Hashana and now for Yom Kippur and on Saturday I saw Ecuador tie Uruguay and win an invitation to the World Cup. It is only the second time in history that Ecuador has gone to the World Cup and everywhere before the game people were shouting "!Si se puede¡" (yes can) I have definitely learned [View Full Entry]

By Yatesy
October 12th 2005

Banos and Pics

South America » Ecuador » Baños

View from cable car
Went rafting about 40km further down this river

Hola! Finally put pics on. As you might see from last entry theres a pic of the poeple at school. We´ve lost Chris and the Swedes, they´ve gone to the jungle/rainforest. There is a difference but cannot remember what it is. Ok to keep everyone filled in. Friday finished school and the remaining students at this point everyone except the swedes grabed a cab to the central bus station. Slightly dodgy place but semmed alright until Liz discovered her purse got knicked bummer but mainly lost cards which can be canceled. 4 hours later and few dollars poorer we arrive at [View Full Entry]

By Kerlyn
October 12th 2005

Leaving San Cristobal and back to Guayaquil

South America » Ecuador » Galapagos Islands

Brenda, Bernie and Suki
On our way to San Cristobal. The tilting of the heads is an inside joke!

We had our last breakfast on the boat and gave our waitor a nice tip, then to the lounge for our Frigate name to be called for the last time. Our last dinghy ride took us back to San Cristobal Island where we waited around for about an hour before going back to the airport. We walked around Puerto Ayora and what a coincidence that the last wildlife we see is the same as the first we saw 4 days ago; sea lions. We had a picture taken of the 3 of us by the dock and then went souvenir shopping [View Full Entry]

By shamrock
October 12th 2005

Guayasamín

South America » Ecuador » Quito

La Reunión del Pentágono
One of the five "Pentagon" paintings. (photo courtesy of Brenna)

Today Brenna, Ami and I hiked -- crawled, rather -- up a steep, cobblestone street west of Carolina Park to the Fundación Guayasamín, a museum housing some of Guayasamin's work as well as his collection of pre- and post-colonial artifacts. Once inside the museum grounds the sounds of the city vanished and as we walked between and within the buildings it was as if we were miles outside Quito. We viewed the pre-colonial (500 a.c. - 1500 d.c.) artifacts first -- a hundred or so stone clay pots, figurines, bowls and few sacrificial altars. It made me wish my Spanish was [View Full Entry]

By Kerlyn
October 11th 2005

Flying Frigates, Huge Turtles and a Lava Tunnel

South America » Ecuador » Galapagos Islands

Blue-footed Booby
On North Seymour

Thank goodness my right pupil was back to normal this morning. Tuesday's excursion had us visiting North Seymour, which is a small island that has the largest colony of Frigate birds. Although the 1st wildlife we saw was a Land Iguana which are also common here. Our guide was Bre (from the first day). The landscape where we first stopped included the ground was brown, most of the trees had no leaves and also the presence of Prickly Pear Cacti. Next, we saw a Blue-Footed Booby standing by itself on the ground. It was our next stop that we got to [View Full Entry]

By Cate Bobby
October 10th 2005

La Hesperia

South America » Ecuador

AHHH!
Bobby and his new friend!

Finally an update...we have been keeping ourselves pretty busy! We have been at La Hesperia for about 3 weeks now and I don´t even know where to begin. The reserve is owned and operated by a couple, Juan Pablo and Alexandra, they just had a baby boy named Juan Ignacio, so things have been a little disorganized but we make do. They are a very nice couple in their early 30´s. Juan Pablo´s dad bought the land that the reserve is on in the 1950´s from a friend of his to help him out. Now Juan Pablo and Alexandra run it [View Full Entry]

By Kerlyn
October 10th 2005

Blue Boobies, Volcanoes and Crossing the Equator Party

South America » Ecuador » Galapagos Islands

Marine Iguana clinging onto the rock
On Fernandina, I almost stepped on one.

At 6:30am the captain awakens us with his soothing voice for our wake-up call. I almost felt like I had to go to work until I realise we are on a ship. Today was the day we were to finally see the Blue Footed Boobies. They look so pretty in pictures I have seen. After breakfast, we sat in the lounge waiting for our group of Frigates to be called. Our guide for the morning excursion to FERNANDINA was Deliah. We had a dry landing and walked on PUNTA ESPINOSA that has a lava field. Fernandina is the youngest and most [View Full Entry]

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