Steve and Anne at the real equator

Quito: Day 2

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March 9th 2011
Day 2. March 9, 2011: Quito and Mitad del Mundo Breakfast We slept in until about 9 AM. Ah, vacation! The breakfast room is downstairs, outside the gate of the hotel off the central courtyard in the former wine cellar. Roll/butter/juice/café con leche and huevos (revueltas or fritos). The two women that served breakfast each morning could have used some happy pills, but ... 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