Giant Caterpillar

Day 5- Quito to Mindo

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December 17th 2010
After a good night’s sleep (my first real one since leaving OZ), although tempted to sit comfortable in the hostel I forced myself to get out of my comfort zone and I packed my small backpack (leaving my larger one at the hostel in Quito) and headed off to the bus station at the local park <xx>. Boarding a bus to travel across town to the north, to disembark and buy another bus ticket gett ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Mindo

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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