Local tradition

How to be a Black Sheep

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December 3rd 2006
After exchanging numerous emails with Andres and Michelle we finally arrived in Ecuador and checked our messages to find an email saying "the sooner you get here the better" in our inbox, along with some bus directions to find our way to the Black Sheep Inn. The bus trip was about 6 hours half on a normal road and the other half on something that could only be called a road because cars attempted ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Chugchilan

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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