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Trip to Otavalo by myself

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January 12th 2008
I woke up on Saturday at 5:30am and caught a bus to Otavalo, which is 3 hours north of Quito. It was a facinating day. I chatted with Geovanni from the coast city of Manta the whole trip up. He was a student in business and he was visiting his aunt. Once at the city, I folled the hundreds of people heading towards the market, which is the largest open market in South America. Everything was ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Otavalo

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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