Walking in the old town

Last day in Quito

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November 13th 2012
Last day Quito There's a park opposite the hotel and we decided to walk through to the town centre. It was like walking through an English park except the trees were mainly in full leaf but some were dried out apparently they have had a really dry season with lots of drought but now it seems to rain every afternoon. Traffic on the road so we took a taxi, the pollution is so evident and not nice t ... 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