Trip to South America
Ecuador-Colombia
13.10.2009 - 20.10.2009
My trip to Ecuador. Today I am going to Ecuador in South America. I leave Denver today at 12:30 p.m. I am really excited to explore Ecuador. I landed in Ecuador at 6:45 p.m. As soon as I landed I went out on a adventure looking around seeing things I never saw before. The first place I went to look around was Riobamba, in Riobamba they hold a lot of festivals. The festivals are amazing. The festivals only are held in December all the way to January 6th. April 21st there is also a big festival, and November 11th is the day they declared independence from the Spanish Empire's, but then was retaken soon after. But on this day Riobamba holds a big festival. These festivals include colorful parades, and music. I had a fun time at the festival in April because I got to try many many different foods. After a week or so I left Ecuador and headed on to Columbia. Columbia I have heard great things about it, so I decided since I am out here exploring around in South America that I should check out Colombia. When I got to colombia I walked around and visited Bolivar Plaza. The Bolivar Plaza was really interesting, but the most interesting part was the history of the Palace of Justice. The Palace of Justice was built in 1921 and destroyed by a fire during the Bogotazo in April 1948. But than was rebuilt on the north side of the Bolívar Square and destroyed again in November 1985 by the guerrilla movement M-19 during the "Palace of Justice Siege", while the army tried to take control of the building. The ruins of the building was kept untouched for four years until the government decided to demolish them and construct the new building that currently exists. Finally after learning all of the history of this plaza I left and went to a hotel because the next day I had to catch my flight back home.
Posted by mestas92 23.10.2009 07:03 Archived in Ecuador Tagged air_travel
