Teleferico, Quito

Markets, heights and dictators

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August 17th 2006
My second week has been just as full as the first; in fact Im feeling as if I am constantly running around trying to be somewhere else at a given time. I have already found it easy to adapt to "la hora ecuatoriana" which seems to be a fluid, rather than precise, interpretation of the concept of time. Suits me though, being late is suddenly perfectly acceptable, brilliant! There´s not really much ... 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