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Vilcabama - Hike to the waterfalls

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November 29th 2007
On this trip I went again with Chris and Luc. From the hostal we went down in the direction of the village, but then went East to the small village of San José. From there we followed a partially hidden water canal, through yet again very beautiful landscape. At some places we had to search for the trail, and it was occassionally a bit dangerous, with a very narrow path dropping down at one side ... 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