Climbing down the church tower

Ecuador

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May 31st 2009
Quito The journey to Quito was rather amusing. At the airports all the staff and most of the passengers were wearing masks to save themselves from the dreaded ‘swine flu’. We had already read that these do little to prevent the virus and opted to risk it. Landing in Quito felt much like landing in Heathrow, bar the mountains, grey and drizzly with patchwork fields. From the airport ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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