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Ecuador

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June 10th 2008
After our three months in Central America and before we headed out to the Galapagos we spent two days in Quito, the capital of Ecuador situated at 2600m high and only10Km away from the equator. The city has a great blend of old colonial and a modern bar culture and is a nice place to hang out for a couple of days. Unfortunately we were mainly occupied with arranging our Galapagos trip, which took ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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