Hotel Montanita´s Dodgy Electrics

Montanita

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June 25th 2006
We decided as we were never going to see the volcano in Baños in all its glowing glory we would dash off on Thursday night to Montanita. After a very nice meal we caught a night bus at 11.30 pm and started the 7 hour journey to Guayaquil to change for Montanita which is on the Pacific Coast. Within about 10 minutes it was clear my lovely meal wasn't all that it seemed and I got really sick. As th ... read more

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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