North Quito

What it is all about

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August 11th 2011
Allright, seriously, picture this; it's about 10am in the morning and you've been driving your little motorbike for about an hour and half trough, what seems, an endless stretch of clouds. Yes, not mist, but clouds. Since you're at over 3000m altitude up in the Andes they're called clouds. It's not raining(it can't rain inside of clouds I guess) but you're getting wet ... 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