the town consisted pretty much of two main streets with restaurants, bars, surf shops and local craft vendors. Other than that the outskirts were very poor with very basic houses- aka shacks
To the Coast!- Canoa August 9th 2008 So for the past two weeks we have been traveling on the coast. We woke up on Sunday morning and after checking out of hostel we went to the bus station to buy tickets and we were so lucky cause the bus was leaving in 20 minutes- (we have had amazing timing like this our whole trip, when we don’t know the schedules of anything and we end up making buses just at the perfect time- good travel karm ... read more
South America » Ecuador » West » Canoa 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
I grew up in Phoenix, AZ but I just graduated from Bucknell Univeristy in Lewisburg, PA. I love hiking, arts and crafts, reading, exercising, especially swimming and I love traveling and exciting new adventures! After I turned 21 I had one of the best years of my life traveling to Nicaragua for a week in January with the Bucknell Brigade, then in Dunedin, New Zealand studying abroad from February 4- mid June. After that I had a great senior year and now its into the real world! I hope this journal will keep my friends and family up to date on my future adventures in Ecuador and Peru! ... full info