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Cycling down Cotopaxi  
   

Cycling down Cotopaxi

Quito

September 25th 2014
We arrived in Quito after a short two hour bus ride from Mindo and headed to our hostel. Gary's leg was rather red, hot and swollen so we went to the doctor to get it checked out. When we arrived they took his temperature, blood pressure, weight, heart rate and listened to his breathing. They wanted to make sure he didn't have a fever and the infection was localised to his leg. He was given antibi ... read more
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Ecuadorian Flag 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
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3rd October 2014

Funky leg, far from home
Glad Gary's leg is better--what a champ to do Cotopaxi and the Quilotoa Loop (which I'm dying to do) on a bad leg. Hope he's all better and Columbia is a great adventure!

Tot: 0.178s; Tpl: 0.012s; cc: 14; qc: 62; dbt: 0.1026s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.2mb