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We made it!

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February 6th 2008
Hey! So we finally made it to Quito! We took two 12 hour bus ride to get here from Lima. The border between Ecuador and Peru is CRAZY! The out for peru and the in for Ecuador are 8km apart! So we took a taxi. That ripped us off. They charged us $50 for the ride to both immigration offices and for the bus ticket. The ticket turned out only costing $10... so they made $40bucks. boo. This le ... 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