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Dia de Difuntos
(Nov 02 '07)
On Friday we did a field trip to a cemetery with the school. Ecuador had a holiday ¨dia de difuntos¨ and what that means is basically that the people think about their dead people. They are going to ...
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La Mariscal is the place to go if you are a gringo (anyone not from Ecuador) or if you are a gringo preditor, of which there are many. It is the cute and bustling neighborhood of ...
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Spend some time with Bernardo
(Aug 12 '07)
Had a great time with the Pinto family, it was fantastic to meet up with Bernardo and Cristina again, to meet the kids and for Nicola to meet them all for the first time.
We were treated to some ...
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This is why I love 4 wheel drive
(Sep 17 '07)
This last week has once again been filled with lessons and adventures…I guess it’s a good thing I picked this fabulous third world country after all. First off, my surfing skills are improving daily ...
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Guagua Pichincha
(Sep 10 '07)
Not content with our efforts the day before, although very much feeling the effects (still can't sit down properly), we were on a mission to beat this heady thin atmosphere. Again, setting off early ...
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Pichincha - I don't want to talk about it
(Oct 03 '06)
Eventually, at about 8.30, our guide Chaska arrived, and Mike, an Australian girl called Wendy and I headed off for Pichincha, an active volcano about just outside of Quito. Rick had planned on ...
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The centre of the world
(Jul 13 '06)
"which had the insides scraped out and was boiled until it shrunk to a perfect replica"
Getting off the plane, the altitude hit us right away, making us feel really dizzy and weird. We trudged through ...
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We got back from the Galapagos and were transfered to our hotel. Super tired we just chilled out for the night. The next day our car came to pick us up to take us to the ...
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Learning Spanish in Quito
(Jul 31 '06)
I think the title of this entry may be a bit misleading..... "Attempting and failing miserably to learn Spanish in Quito" would be more suitable. Fortunately we have both become masters of mime and ...
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We Arrive in Sunny Quito!!
(Jun 30 '06)
After what seemed like a never ending flight and some really unfriendly customs people in Miami, we finally arrive in Quito on Friday evening. Our lack of Spanish has seemed quite apparent from the ...
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Ecuador
(Jun 15 '08)
Otavalo is a smaller town north of Quito. Otavalo is populated by mainly indigenous folk who still dress in their native garb which is quite fascinating to see. Otavalo is out in the ...
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The plane left at 745 this morning from miami and we have been going ever since. Unfortunately I was seperated from my fellow student travelers for the plane ride. however this ...
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