Starting the climb

Things to do in the north!

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January 8th 2007
After the manic period over Christmas and New years we had a week off work at BSI so we decided to cram in as much as we could in the northern / central area of the country. We based ourselves in Quito to start off with and the first thing on the agenda after having a largely vegetarian diet for the past month and a bit was to get some meat!! We found a really nice Argentine restaurant in the Mar ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Central Highlands

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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