D4

Hike to the East of Vilcabamba

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November 28th 2007
Daniela, a Swiss girl who works on the hostal took me on that trip. It was another very beautiful hike. We went east of the hostal, up and down over the hills with many beautiful views again. As this wasn’t yet one of the ‘official’ trails of the hostal, we had to mark it. So Daniela went around with a yellow color spray and we painted the trees, fences, rocks etc. with yellow dots.....We wa ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Vilcabamba

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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