Consuela - my new best friend

General Quito mayhem!!

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May 3rd 2007
Wohoo! Thursday marked yet another journey up to Quito on the delight that is the Cuenca night bus! Lots of sleeping was done by myself and sooner than I realised we were rolling into Quito´s bus terminal. After a refuel at Coffee Tree we wandered off to find a hostal to stay in for the 2 nights we were spending there. Managed to get one in the centre of the mariscal called Centro del Mundo, w ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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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