Hotel Sweet Hotel

Arrival, Quito

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July 28th 2008
Hello, everybody. We made it!! After taking off an hour late (about 45 min of which was sitting in the sweltering heat on the tarmac......), we had a relatively good flight. No bad turbulance, but a kind of mild shimy (sp?) which after a while, you didn´t notice until suddenly it became smooth. Anyway, we landed safely to the teeny weeny Quito airport and had a few tense moments as we didn´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