Me and the blow gun

The jungle

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August 25th 2006
Thursday night we got the night bus to a little town called Coca which is next to the Rio Napa. The bus wasn't too bad didn't sleep a wink and we arrived 2 hours before scheduled not quite knowing what to do cos there isn't much to do in Coca in the day never mind at 5 in the morning. However it got much better. At 10 we got the boat down the Rio Napa to the Yarina Lodge where we were staying f ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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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