Isla De La Plata

The animal, reptile and bird week

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January 31st 2009
Montanita - second week 18.01 to 24.01 By our second week, the rain that dominated the mornings in Montanita in our first week was beginning to clear and the sun was coming out in full force. We continued with classes and Richard was definitely better at remembering new words that I was. Spanish and French are somewhat similar so I'm finding myself thinking in French. I didn't even re ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Montañita

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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