Old Quito

July 17th 2006
The final destination of my trip was to be Quito, but before arriving I had a few days to “kill” in the Galapagos Islands! Never the tallest of orders! I had left my tour on the “Free Enterprise” feeling genuinely saddened. Usually when I’ve left a tour I’ve been buzzing and ready to move onto the next adventure, but on this occasion I was particularly melancholy. I think it was part ... read more

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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

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Mark Freitag

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Having graduated from University of Nottingham I started travelling and absolutely loved it. I did one trip around the world, then a second major trip through Latin America. I then went back to the real world with one of those job things, but the wanderlust didn't leave and I managed to fit in plenty of short trips. I've now taken 12 months out to learn/perfect my Spanish. I'll be travelling through Spanish speaking South and Central America with a trip from Buenos Aires to San Francisco. The primary focus of the trip will be learning the language - so I'll be regularly settling to st... full info

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