First traditional southern Ecuadorian meal

And boy was it yummy. Delicious tamales with chicken and peas (made with banana leaves rather than the Mexican style corn husks), some fresh corn and beans (o.k., the beans were so-so), grilled pork with hominy, and all served with 'aji' (a delicious condiment used with everything in Ecuador), and Ecuadorian Pilsener.

Made it to Cuenca

July 27th 2006
Foreword: this is Martina writing. Josh has to work for a couple of hours so this promises to be a long and detailed - and naturally, less funny - account of our last couple of days. But don´t worry, I promise you'll be graced with his hilarity on Monday when we´re back from camping. After writing y'all yesterday we headed up to the Instituto Geografico Militar, which is this really neat pla ... 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

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