Making chocolate

Ecuadorian Escapades

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September 5th 2008
Our experience in Ecuador began well, we arrived at our hostel in Quito and although feeling the altitude, set out to explore the town. Then at lunchtime on our first day we were the victims of a typical south american tourist scam and had our bag stolen. Annoyingly, Andy had even read about this particular one but they are so organised and slick it was all over before we realised what was happeni ... 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