ericandtracy 015

Our long journey begins

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December 30th 2009
First day arriving in Quito Eric and I were both very tired. We had a little bit of a problem at the airport with getting into the country. Buying a one way ticket is not as easy as it sounds. After all our troubles and 15 hours of traveling we were ready to get to the hostel and sleep. We soon learned that our hostel was in a very unsafe place and we needed to change. We went to plaza de Foc ... 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