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September 8th 2006
So no prizes for all the clever-clogs who guessed that classes would not in fact begin this week. I actually believed it when I should have known better. I arrived on Monday morning to the usual chaos of children wildly running around and trying to tag me whilst I tried to work out whether anything else was supposed to be happening....and so it continued for most of the week really. Some days ther ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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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