Otavalo main square

Ecuador - mile 13,500

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October 11th 2009
We only have 3 days in Ecuador but it takes us 5 hours to get into the country. Why? - they have modernised the vehicle entry system and introduced computers, only the link is so slow it takes 30 minutes to register every bike. What's more its quite cold and we have to queue outside, I spend most of the 5 hours ferrying cups of coffee backwards and forwards from the little coffee shop supplying ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Cuenca

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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