View from the Tower, Mitad Del Mundo

Quito Revisited

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August 14th 2008
(Catherine) After coming out of the jungle we spent a few lazy days in Banos having hot showers (such a luxury!), eating pizza (I really missed cheese!), getting our laundry done (we had to apologise because everything was covered in mud!) and watching American sit-coms (the joys of cable TV!). Next, we travelled back to Quito to squeeze in a few extra sights before heading off on our next excu ... 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