Our guide

Quilotoa and Cotopaxi

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November 10th 2007
Well Kyran was finally better and off we went to Quilotoa. It was a two hour bus ride to Latacunga from Quito and we arrived at about 10am. We wanted to climb Cotopaxi that day, but our haggling skills with the taxi drivers weren’t really up to scratch and we couldn’t figure out if we were being ripped off or not, so we decided to head straight to Chugchilan, which is located about half way ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Quilotoa

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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