Mancora

Machala

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June 26th 2010
We arrived in Machala about 4pm and walked around the town for 2 hours looking for the CIFA office (this was due to every street in Machala not having a name). We found the CIFA office and when the next bus was but decided because of the bad reports we had heard about the Ecuador-Peru border crossing we would grab a hostel and do it tomorrow during the day. We asked round a fe ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Machala

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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