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Relaxing in Vilcabamba

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February 24th 2007
Yes that´s right the date for this blog is my birthday, thanks for all the birthday messages everyone sent. We spent my birthday in a little town called Vilcabamba near the border of Ecuador with Peru, as our visas were due to expire a few days later we wanted to make sure we did not have too far to go to leave the country. Supposedly it is a $100 dollar fine if you leave the country even a d ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Vilcabamba

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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