Piranha for supper ...

Back from darkest Amazonia

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September 1st 2006
We´ve just got back to Quito from a wonderful few days spent in the jungles of Amazonia. We were having our doubts last Sunday on another marathon 10-hour bus journey to the ultimate backblock jungle town of Coca, where we stayed the night. It was unbelievably seedy! After being picked up Monday lunchtime by a motorised canoe, we had a 3-hour ride, 110 kms down the Napo river, which is incred ... 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