Ughh the Cosmopolitans!

Mindo, Ecuador

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September 1st 2009
A couple months after I arrived to Quito, I took my first trip to a different city. My boyfriend and I decided to take short trip to a town called "Mindo." Mindo is a 45 minute drive from Quito along winding, and twisting roads. We didn't take a car though, we took a bus. To get to Mindo you don't use the main bus terminal, which is in the south of Quito (Quitumbe Terminal.) Mindo is in t ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North

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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