Mt. Pinchanchi

Finally, Some Pictures

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August 21st 2007
I finally have some pictures for you today. We wen´t to Quito´s old town in the morning, looked at some nice buildings, saw a demonstration (one guy looked like Amir Perez), and then went up to El Panecillo, which is a small hill that overlooks Quito. We had lunch there, and then went up a sky tram (rakevel) up to Mt. Pinchncho, which is at an elevation of 4100m. We had a little hike there, had ... 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