Tag: Quito

  • Quito: the world’s highest capital? [27/50]

    Quito: the world’s highest capital? [27/50]

    I have never been the greatest fan of empirical observations that purport to measure the “world’s highest” or the “world’s biggest” or the “world’s longest”. There is something a little bit hillbilly about seeing the world this way; something a bit Western Australian or Alaskan perhaps (i.e., lots of geography with a sprinkle of culture).…

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