Me and Sarah

Another day in Quito

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February 21st 2007
Settling into a routine now. We finally met up with the others to go into Quito to the internet cafe and even managed to find a supermarket which sells chocolate and every brand of shampoo and conditioner imaginable so everything´s good. Went to school for another solid four hours of one-to-one tuition. Grammar is starting to get a bit much but you really do need to speak Spanish here so it´ll b ... 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