La Virgen

One month!

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October 19th 2005
Happy One Month Ecuador Anniversary to us! 😊 We celebrated in style today -- I made very soft, no-bake, vegan peanut butter cookies with chocolate frosting, (the oven doesn't have a temperature gauge and besides, we're still terrified we're going to blow the house up), we ate fried green plantains, (which taste more like potatoes than bananas, by the way), and, well, that was about it. O ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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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