Quito´s Old Town

Welcome to Quito

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February 8th 2008
Hey people I have arrived in Quito and on first impressions this place is spectacular as you can hopefully see from the video, the scenery is stunning. My host family is lovely and their place is a amazing. Its huge with three floors 8 or 9 bedrroms and about four bathrooms (that i know of). At the moment theres only me, Rita (Ecua-mum), Vicente (Ecua-dad) and Maria from Norway and Olivia from ... 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