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Getting to know Quito

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February 14th 2011
Soo, after arriving in Quito in the morning I needed to relax for 2 hours in the hotel before going on the road again. Luckily I had already a map of Quito and decided to start this first day with a nice park. Just a few blocks away from my hotel is one of the biggest parks of Quito "Parque el Ejido". Every weekend the Indigenas del Ecuador set up a market with all their handmade things which made ... 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