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Ecuador: Quito and The Quilotoa Loop

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May 10th 2018
Ecuador's Capital: Quito (05/05/2018-07/05/2018) Quito is the highest capital city in the World... at a whopping 2,800m! The airport is pretty far away from the centre, so I caught a bus (1 hour), then taxi (1 hour) with a Colombian girl from Cali (hilariously, we made friends via Google Translate). We had arrived just as a very rainy and loud thunder storm started. Jeez.. I could ... 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