Beautiful river

Trekking in the Amazon

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September 22nd 2010
A few years back, when my parents were still living in Ecuador, my dad got really into "gold dredging." Gold dredging is a pretty popular thing; there is even some kind of reality show about it apparently. My dad decided he wanted to take a trip out to the Amazon to scout out locations f ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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