little Jess in a big cathedral

Our first blog!!

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February 25th 2007
hello everybody have had a pretty eventful first week here in Ecuador. We arrived in Quito but decided not to spend too long there and moved onto the cloud forest where we had a few very chilled out days at the magic roundabout which is a hostal set in the middle of nowhere with lots of amazing views. From there we had booked a jungle tour so we headed off to do that, which was an experience to pu ... 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