Social and Landscape Diversity 594ace02-77d6-422f-99a7-8e5761bfbea0

Social and Landscape Diversity

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January 29th 2020
As we set this last week traveling to many different locations, the diversity of the Ecuador became more evident to me. By diversity, I mean not only the landscape diversity, but the social diversity. As we spent the first 2 weeks primarily in Quito, generally living with middle to upper class families in the business district of Quito, we were pretty well off. In any city you will take notice to ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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