A beautiful church in Cuenca

Travels with Christa

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May 1st 2007
In early May, Kerensa´s friend Christa visited us for a month. We wanted to share some of our favorite parts of Ecuador with her and to use her visit as an opportunity to visit other parts of Ecuador we (or Tony) hadn´t seen yet. We first spent a few days in Quito and saw some of the sights there, then went south to Riobamba to take the famous train ride down the "Nariz del Diablo," or Nos ... 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