Street in Quito Old Town

This place is cool. Altitude is MASSIVE so we can´t breathe, but hey. We´re currently about 3000 metres over the heads of you mere mortals (see, I always said I was above you). Observe the locals, we´re better than them

viva la Quito!

June 17th 2005
Well, we arrived in Quito mid afternoon local time on Wednesday, which means I´d been up for about three days. Damnit. Found our feet fairly quickly, and found a decent place to kip. Unfortunately that was too pricey and now we reside in an annex of hell, with dubious electrics and novel plumbing. But at three dollars a night it´s all good. Had fun trying to fit in with the locals (see attac ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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

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