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Quito, Ecuador.... South America at last

July 11th 2007
Well its been a long time coming, but we finally made it to South America! Yes I know some of you non-believers thought we wouldnÂ´t make it but here we are! As we came into land at Quito we saw fantastic snow capped volcanoes and mountains before anything else from the plane window, and landed to beautiful blue sky and a temperature of about 27 degrees! At 2800 metres above sea level, Quito i ... 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

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Richard and Cath

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Believe it or not we are finally leaving London for a more laid back outdoors type of lifestyle in NZ! I don't think many of our friends and family beleived we would actually do it after so long talking about it.... and quite rightly so.... I think there were a few times back there when we didn't really believe it ourselves! BUT, after 10 years in London, the jobs have been packed in, the flat is sold, and the boxes of our stuff are on the boat to Dunedin. We are taking the long route there though through Costa Rica, South America, a quick trip to Australia, and NZ for Christmas. This is a... full info

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