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Locals gather as a soundsystem is cranked up outside the church

December 25th 2007
Matt Writes - As expected our Christmas would be unconventional this year to say the least. After a dubious display of homemade fireworks from the local pyromaniac (obviously inspired by our street festival encounters in Banos), Christmas Eve was upon us and entertainment was provided by the local school's party games held in the main square. Consisting of teams of boy/girl holding a ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Vilcabamba

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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Matt & Emma

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Route so far: England to Ecuador, to Peru, to Bolivia and into Brazil quickly - for Rio Carnaval, then Argentina and Chile and over to New Zealand for a month, into Australia for a quick visit to lots of lovely friends and plans now are to visit Asia for a few months. We're not very good at keeping the blog up to date, due mostly to being places where the internet isn't always around, or working, or the fact that we're a bit slow. In fact our blog is very much like London buses, zero contact for about a month, and then 3 epic installments that will clog up your inbox, sorry about that. W... full info

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