the animal market, Otavalo

which way will the toilet flush?? An entry into Ecuador

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October 19th 2009
We arrived into Ecuador without actually knowing we had done so. Yep somehow we had missed the Colombian exit stamp office and gone straight through to Ecuador. Not even the massive flagpole was a giveaway as the flags of both countries are remarkably similar, really they are! Fearing that any future prospects as international diplomats may be quashed by our failure to have a Colombian exit stamp ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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