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Quito

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November 14th 2012
Quote of the day: "I have goat stuck in my teeth". - Rehgan, when asked why he was busting out the dental floss. Quito: home to the most spectacular lightening and thunder I've ever seen. The first time a storm rolled in, we were lucky enough to on top of the Basillica. A huge gothic style church close to the old town, which, for $2 you can climb (up some very rickety ladders) to the ver ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North

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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