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Quito, Ecuador

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May 7th 2008
Finally arriving in Quito we meet our hotel transfer Luis who takes us to a luxurious 4 wheel drive. (Well - its luxurious to us). As we settle in he proceeds to give us a tour of the city completely in Spanish but thankfully he is talking so slowly that even we can understand what he is saying! We are taken to our boutique hotel which has each room hand painted with a different design, lookin ... 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