Bus Driver/Mechanic

Border Crossing to Peru and Piura

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July 9th 2012
Leaving Cuenca, we headed south for about five hours to Loja, an overnight stop on the way to the Peruvian border. The next day bus ride would be ten hours, so we hit the sack earlier and caught an early 7 AM bus for Piura, in Peru. All was well until an hour out of Loja when our bus broke down. We made it up a steep grade but finally conked out at a non descript town where both drivers went to wo ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Loja

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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