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Downhill to Mindo

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February 22nd 2011
At 6:30am my colleague Gabriel and I headed of with our bikes, destination Mindo (ca. 65km) This time I rented a bike from a store next door which was way better than the ones from my work. Tall enough, disc brakes and in general in a good shape. Due to the early time the streets of Quito were quite empty. Again we took the speedway with our bikes to get as fast as possible to the foothills of t ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito » Papallacta

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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