Quito

Quito and Ortavalo

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October 11th 2009
So I arrived at Quito airport to be greeted by Olga (I'm staying with an ecuadorian family, Olga and Marcelo for 2 weeks). Communication was difficult with my non existent Spanish ( Spanish lessons started the day after - although still struggling I'm definitely not a natural at languages!). On the way to the house I experienced the craziness of the ecuardorian roads - it seems the way to indicate ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North

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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