The GAP Bus

May 5th 2010
Couple of days in Quito were quite enough as not a lot to see and told not really safe, more so at night. Seemed to be blokes with guns all over the place outside banks, armed police, outside hotels even outside KFC! Also due to the altitude always seemed to be cloudy, not seen the sky for 2 days and bit chilly! The old part of town is supposed to be picturesque but as on my own decided ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Baños

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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Mark Jobling

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Been travelling on and off for some years now... with different styles of travelling. So lots of different posts on my blog. 2010 11 months travelling through Central America, South America, NZ, (campervan), Fiji and Australia, mix of backpacking, volunteering and tourist! 2017 Central America, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, mainly volunteering (Turtles and Permaculture farming) and some Air BNB Next adventure... 2018/19 I have bought an old 1995 campervan and I am going to tour around Spain and Portugal, mainly doing Workaway volunteer work with private landowners. Head off 30th October,... full info

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