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There and Back Again, A Story by... Me

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April 27th 2011
There and Back Again, a Tale by… Me This morning, driving down the mountain to school I literally had my breath taken away. These past two months it has been cloudy and rainy every day, thus the mountains have been covered. I was expecting the same this morning but when we turned a corner on the mountain road the clouds ended and I let out and audible gasp. There before me was Vulcan Cotop ... 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