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Quito part 2

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August 10th 2008
The return from Atacames to Quito was a long and uncomfortable 6 hour bus journey with techno music pumping out the whole way however luckily I had my trusty I-Pod and managed to get some sleep. There is something about bus journey´s in Ecuador they seem to go on for ever...... I checked back into the Cayman hotel where I´d stayed before way back in June on my first arrival in Quito. Fortunat ... 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