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Continued adventures

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June 26th 2010
After our wonderful trip to the Galapagos, we landed in Guayaquil, a huge metropolis, with more stories of violence, robbery and kidnapping than we were comfortable with. We immediately got on a bus and got out of town! We had a long bus trip to Cuenca, and were very tired of the road after that. We only spent one day exploring Cuenca, mostly because it’s very compact, lots of churches and 60 ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Canoa

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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