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Isla La Plata, Ecuador  
   

Isla La Plata, Ecuador

Male and female Magnificent Frigatebirds.
From beanies to bikinis

June 22nd 2007
From the fresh chilly air in the heights of La Paz, Bolivia, we set off for a mammoth bus journey to tropical Ecuador. The distance between La Paz and Lima, as the crow flies, is 1,061 km. A further 1335 km to Ecuador really tested our travel-exhausted bodies. As always, there are bad bus companies and good ones. We managed to find some of the worst. In all, we spent roughly 71 hours commuting fr ... read more
South America » Ecuador

Ecuadorian Flag 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
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