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Practically A Local Already

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August 10th 2006
It certainly feels like I've been in Quito for longer than a week- and I mean that in a good way. My homestay family have been very welcoming and I feel quite at home there. I say 'family' but really it's just one older lady, Guadalupe, and her 21 year old son who comes and goes. He was quite hard work at first but once he realised that I'd heard of Delgado and I won him over with the contents of ... 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