Travel to Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a country in Central America that shares borders with a few other nations namely Nicaragua, Panama and Ecuador. To the east of Costa Rica is the Caribbean…

The Rise of Agriculture

The Rise of Agriculture

…know today. Further south, the earliest known evidence of agriculture was discovered in modern-day Colombia and Ecuador. The crops grown in this region included leren, arrowroot, squash, and bottle gourd. …

Uncontacted Peoples

Uncontacted Peoples

…as Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. There is also believed to be one uncontacted tribe living outside the Amazon in the forests of Paraguay. These people, while linguistically and…

Conquering Mount Everest

Conquering Mount Everest

…of the Earth or the point which is closest to space. That would be Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, and the reason this is the point furthest from the center has…

The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

…Americans banned it, but it spread anyhow. Translated copies appeared in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador by the end of the year.  The Tories in Britain pointed out, correctly, the hypocrisy…

Even MORE Wonders

…Reef (Australia) Mount Everest (China/Nepal) N’gorongoro Crater (Tanzania) Antarctica or some subset Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwae) Iguaçú Falls (Argentina/Brazil) The Amazon River (Brazil) Niagara Falls (USA/Canada) Yellowstone Park…

Arriving In New Cities After Dark

I like cities at night, but I don’t like to arrive in cities at nightI just arrived in Quito, Ecuador. My flight landed at 11:15pm and by the time I…

Introduction to the Philippines

Introduction to the Philippines

…area, the country is slightly smaller than Italy and larger than Ecuador.  The country can roughly be divided into three groups of islands. In the north is Luzon, which is…