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Reflections about Ecuador
January 29, 2023
I'm in the town of Moyobamba, Perú, population of around 55,000. I'm going to stay here for a week and recharge my batteries. After two and a half months of backpacking through Ecuador and northern Perú, it's time for a break.
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Sucúa, Ecuador
January 1, 1970
Sucúa, Ecuador, was first founded in 1963, and has a population of around 11,000. The town is located on the eastern outer flanks of the Andes Mountains in the Amazon basin, sitting in a valley at about 831 meters (2726 feet). The temperatures range from a nightly low of about 18° C (64° F) to a daily high of about 28° C (82° f). The climate is what you would expect for a town in the Amazon - a fair amount of rain and a lot of humidity.
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Garzón, Colombia
October 10, 2025
Garzón, population of about 40,000, doesn’t make the glossy brochures, but maybe that’s what makes it worth stopping for. It calls itself the “Diocesan Capital of Huila,” which sounds a little lofty until you see the cathedral towering over the main plaza - white walls glowing in the afternoon sun, bells that have probably been ringing longer than most of the town’s coffee trees have been alive. Right now the plaza is surrounded by a temporary wall as it has been completely dug up for renovation. When I say completely dug up, I'm not kidding - they took all the concrete, tiles, pavers, sidewalks, everything out. It's rather ugly right now, and getting a decent picture of the cathedral is impossible, but sometime in the next year or two it should be quite nice.
Reference: Wikipedia and me.
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Villagarzón, Colombia
October 7, 2025
Villagarzón is a small town in south-central Colombia. According the 2018 census had around 23,700 people overall, with about 13,742 in the urban area. The town is often called the “Heart of Putumayo,” reflecting its centrality in culture, ecology, and movement between regions. Putumayo is the departamento, or province, that it is located in.
Reference: Wikipedia
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La Hormiga, Colombia
October 5, 2025
La Hormiga is the municipal seat of Valle del Guamuez, in southern Putumayo, Colombia. It’s modest, unshowy, and very much a working town. You won’t leave here feeling like you’ve seen a “destination”—but that’s okay. It’s a place that lives more than it dazzles.
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