Cajas

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December 5th 2006
Hola gente -- I am nearing the end of my stay in Ecuador, and am going to try to put up some of the nicer pictures that have been sitting around in my camera. Hard to believe, but these here are a month old… Most are from Cajas National Park and Cuenca, about 10 hours south of Quito. (Seems like just about everywhere in Ecuador is either 2 hours or 10 hours from Quito.) I’d gone to Cuenca for ... 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