beautiful house

First day of volunteer work

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July 11th 2006
Hola! Today is Monday the 10th and the first day of my teaching in Otavalo. On my team are Daylin (college student from Hawaii now living in New York) and Allison (new to the group, from Kentucky and has already been in Ecuador for two weeks). Wow. What a first day. Our teaching times are 2 to 5 in the afternoon. So we got there around 1.30 and there were already a few chicas waiting for us the ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Otavalo

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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