Volcan Imbabura

Bunking off school

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December 2nd 2012
I only ever bunked off school once in my whole life. The reason was easy. I was learning Spanish in Otavalo, Ecuador but found the lessons tougher than I had thought they would be. Each morning I would gaze outside the classroom window at the distant shape of Volcan Imbabura while the teacher wrote on the blackboard. After a week of lessons I bunked off school and trekked to the summit ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Imbabura Volcano

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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