Weekend in Quito Photo 4

Weekend in Quito

---

April 17th 2010
12-16 April The week was spent in Spanish lessons. During the week, one lesson in Salsa convinced me I´m going to need loads more to be any good. Sat 17 April I took the cable car from Teleferico to the top of the mountain which overlooks Quito but the sky was too cloudy and couldn´t see down to Quito. Hoping the clouds may clear I waited for an hour but no luck. I returned to Quito after a ... 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