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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 ... [read more]
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 ... [read more] Blog: Small town Ecuador
Date: November 2nd 2009
J: Ecuador is so named because it's on the equator. So, to see if water really does flush down toilets in alternate directions in each hemisphere we headed up to Mitad del Mundo ('Half the World'). We've already burned through about a third of our budget for the entire trip in Quito and the Galapagos Islands so to keep costs down we went on a couple of buses to travel the 22km to the Mitad de ... read more
Date: November 2nd 2009
J: Ecuador is so named because it's on the equator. So, to see if water really does flush down toilets in alternate directions in each hemisphere we headed up to Mitad del Mundo ('Half the World'). We've already burned through about a third of our budget for the entire trip in Quito and the Galapagos Islands so to keep costs down we went on a couple of buses to travel the 22km to the Mitad de ... read more
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We are going on holiday, the exploring kind!
First stop is in high altitude Quito, Ecuador. Next stop who knows
what we do know is we have some mountains, jungle, sea, animals, treks, steaks, very long bus trips and cold showers ahead of us. Joe has been practicing the steaks and bush man’s beard growing and I have been practicing the all important picture taking. We both have had a dreadful introduction to cold showers with a boiler breakdown at home last week so we are beginning to feel quite prepared.
Joe and I will write about our South American musings and naughty travelling inci... full info
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