Mountain agriculture

Do you think this is what we ordered?

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November 16th 2008
Forced to abandon hope of getting the included breakfast from the hostal on our last day here, we wandered into Sunday morning Quito to see what we could scrounge for ourselves. Having been here a few days now, we boldly shunned Gringo-Town as the 8 or so blocks of the city dedicated to the backpacker-that-can-only-speak-english set are known, and went local. Too local as it turned out - having ... 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