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Quito

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September 6th 2009
We are glad Ecuador is a small country, we really are enjoying the short bus trips, only two ours to Quito from Otavalo was nice. Set at 2800m Quito is similarly set to a lot of the Andean cities, long and narrow. With large mountain peaks forming a channel. We stayed at Chicago hostal which had a nice terrace that looked over the old town, only with a couple of ugly tall old buildings blocking so ... 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