Squeezed in the back of a ute!

Escape from the Jungle!

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July 17th 2007
It was 10pm on Monday night and we heard that there would be a protest by the locals, involving road blocks, starting in 2 hours. At this point we were settling down to a few beers and on to our 3rd round of shit head (a card game!). We had planned to leave the next day (Tuesday) at midday but things all changed very quickly. Some of our group had flights out of Quito on Wednesday and my fligh ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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