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Christmas in Cuenca

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December 24th 2010
On Christmas eve eve Cuenca is the place to be (in the square in front of the church) for dancing, street food, local artisans and costumes, giant castles of fireworks, free hot apple cidery stuff being passed around, paper lanterns floating through the night sky, frightening fireworks being paraded around on paper mache cows through the crowd and the friendliest, funniest, and loudest celebration ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Cuenca

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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