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Across two hemispheres!  
   

Across two hemispheres!

Sorry, but it had to be done! :-)
One week in...

March 14th 2005
Hola! First blog, and I seem to have tons to write, so much that I´m gonna purposely leave out stuff about the school and the town until next time, so watch this space. In brief, for the next month or so I´m in Ecuador. I arrived last Friday in Quito and on Sunday traveled about two hours north to Otavalo, via the ´Mitad del Mundo¨ (Equator) from which I have a cheesy pic of my astride tw ... read more
South America » Ecuador » North » Otavalo

Ecuadorian Flag 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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