Baños - Cathedral at night

Ecuador

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January 12th 2009
Update number 4 in a row, guess what it´s gonna be short! It took us forever to get from Mancora in Peru to Quenca in Ecuador and the journey was a right royal pain in the backside. Was it worth it? Probably, Quenca was quite a pretty wee town and we wandered it´s streets happily looking at quaint churches and squares, but it has kind of faded into the background as one of the less memorable st ... 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