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July 2nd 2010
Our next few days in Quito were a nice opportunity to acclimate to the altitude and get to see a little bit of the city. Our second day in Quito after enjoying a nice breakfast of fresh fruit, fruit juice, cafe, eggs and toast from our plesent staff at our hostel we made our way to the old town. Quito is huge (which we will describe later) but has what they refer to as new town and old town. We ... read more

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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

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We have been keeping this Blog for the past 4 years in order to keep our friends and family up to date on our travels around the world. Here is an update of where we have been and where we are going. Blogged Travels 2002 - Andy living and taking classes in Valladolid, Spain and traveling Spain and Europe (January - May) 2003 - Living and taking classes in Cuernavaca, Mexico and traveling Mexico. (June - July) 2007 - Living and taking classes in San Jose, Costa Rica and traveling Costa Rica (June - July) 2008 - Backpacking through Europe on our Honeymoon (June - July) 2009 - Living an... full info

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