Quito

We have arrived

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July 26th 2007
After a long flight - made longer by having to detour twice around a smoking volcano - which I didn't get a great view of as we were on the wrong side of the plane, and an electrical fault in the cockpit just as we were getting ready to take off on the last leg to Quito -we are here. Quito has a glorious setting, in a bowl surrounded by green mountains, just a bit worried that the runway wasn't lo ... 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