Middle of the World

The start of my South American Journey

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February 11th 2009
Chapter 1: The Holiday Well, I left the UK with Jackie on the 11 January 2009 flying from Heathrow to Quito (via Miami). The flight was late arriving in Miami, we missed our connection, had to spend a night there and get a flight to Ecuador following morning. We stayed in an ´Interesting´ Hotel which looks a lot better in the photo than it actually was. We arrived in Quito to a ... 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