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Pululahua

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April 4th 2008
The Pululahua crater reserve is only an hour away from Quito, but a world by itself. Pululahua means "smoke of water" in the indigenous language Quichua. The Pululahua is an inactive volcano with its last eruption was believed it happened around the year 500 b.C. Inside the Pululahua crater there are three other elevations which are Pandoña, El Chivo and El Pan de Azucar. Inside the crater t ... 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