Jack upthe mountain

From Quito to Cuenca, second week

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February 25th 2007
Well, my second week in Quito was fairly quiet, we pretty much carried on with the teaching course, and didn’t really do all that much in the afternoon. However, on Friday, Sophie, Sophie, Jack, Matt, Lou, Kat and I (those of us who will live in Cuenca together) went up the ‘teleferico’ (don’t hold me to that spelling) which was basically these things like gondola’s, or cable cars, whi ... 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