Brain

Bungle in the Jungle

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November 6th 2005
Today is our last official day in Quito. We met with our landlady at 5 pm and soon -- at 10 pm tonight -- we'll board a bus bound for the Ecuadorian jungle reserve, Cuyabeno (located in the northeastern part of Ecuador). Around 6 am Monday morning we'll arrive in a small jungle town called Lago Agrio. There we'll meet our guide who will take us down the river in a motorized canoe to our hut cam ... read more

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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