Quilotoa Crater Lake

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

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June 5th 2007
So when you last heard from us we were heading on from Banos to go and trek some of the Quilotoa Loop and thats exactly what we did! We got a bus from Banos to Latacunga and from there hitched to a little town called Quilotoa (obviously the base of the loop). The ride up itself was the highlight of the day with a million indigenous folk hitching in the same 4x4 pickup truck at various points on t ... read more

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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