Square from Quito Cathedral

Quito

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September 10th 2008
Well, after Brazil, here we are in Ecuador and its capital, San Francisco de Quito. We arrived on Monday and very much saw Quito as a pit stop where to arrange our trip to the Galapagos from - a few days affair. We should have known better! Not that there is nothing to see in Quito, don't get me wrong. In fact, it is very much a tale of two cities: on the one hand, Quito old town which is absol ... 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