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Termas de Papallacta.

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November 5th 2007
I was supposed to be heading off to the Galapagos today by my boat has decided to break down. So now my trip has been postponed for a week. I decided to head off to Quilotoa today, but the other Aussie I was going with is sick, so I decided to do a day trip to Papallacta (hopefully I will have better luck soon). I had an interesting 2 hour bus ride to get there. I was sitting next to a loca ... 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