Posted in News on Jun 17th, 2008
By The Ecuador Reporter
The oil pipelines are inescapable companians as one drives through Ecuador's northwest jungle towns. Many of the roads were constructed by Texaco in the 70s and 80s as the oil industry developed. Each pipe represents a different well. In the USA, law requieres this waste water to be pumped back into the […]
Posted in Recommended destinations, News on Jun 17th, 2008
By Alex Shaw (The Ecuador Reporter)
An international conference centre has been opened at the site of the Neo-Classical Hospital Eugenio Espejo buildings. The centre, discribed by the mayor of Quito, Paco Moncayo, as 'one more reason to visit this great city and country', was opened in a candle lit ceremony on the night of Friday, […]
Posted in Recommended destinations, News on May 21st, 2008
By Alex Shaw (The Ecuador Reporter)
"Ecuador's first chapel in honour of Mary was located in Guapulo. Spanish settlers chose this area because of it's physical resemblance to the Extremadura province of Spain, where Our Lady of Guapulo is said to have appeared to a shepheard in around 1300. The Sanctuary of Guadalupe's virgin in Guapulo, […]