View from the toilet on Sunday morning

A thoroughly Ecuadorian weekend

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June 19th 2007
I'm afraid to say that this may be my last blog in a good long time (unless I decide to write one in the next few days, just for fun). I now have three days left at work (because there are no classes on Friday, as per usual), before I set off on the long-awaited and much-delayed Galapagos trip, in first-class, luxury-liner style. Wahey! ... read more

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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