Los Voluntarios Thinking!

The Story So Far...

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February 21st 2006
Well, some of you reading this will already know what I'm about to relate, but for those of you who weren't paying attention, this is the story so far... In April 2005 I set off, a rather nervous volunteer, to Ecuador to work on a conservation reserve called La Hesperia, located a couple of hours from Quito in the Western Lowlands of the Andes. LaHesperia[/url ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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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