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Day 82 - Chicken Strips and Wax Strips

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June 12th 2010
We wondered back into the new town today with an initial task of changing travellers’ cheques... definitely not an easy task on a Saturday. Apparently in Quito the town seems to pretty much shut up shop at the weekends... literally! All the banks were shut but we managed to find a money exchange, Vaxcorp, next to the police station with a better commission rate than the last bank we used. The ... 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