Marching time

Quito time

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January 25th 2009
4 Jan to the 7th of Jan. Richard had met an American girl on the plane from Panama who was living in Quito while she studied insects in Cotapaxi so we shared a taxi with her. We were staying in the Mariscal Sucre in a hostel Conor had recommended called centro del mundo, or something like that. It had a rum and coke night on Monday night while we were there. Basically they brought ou ... 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