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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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The ¨winter¨ season is here
(Oct 15 '06)
According to Bogar, Quito is in it´s winter season. Now coming from the northern Midwest, I imagine winters as below freezing, snowy, and little sun. In Quito, the winters are very different with ...
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The croissants are only 6 cents!!!
(Oct 08 '06)
"it is popular to go to the park on Sundays because Sundays are known as the ¨sunny¨ days"
For breakfast, Bogar and I went to a nearby corner store to get some eggs, croissants, and milk. The croissants ...
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Beautiful city to stay in for a while
(May 28 '07)
On the way to Quito we passed lots of rose farms. According to Tina, Ecuador roses are very expensive in Europe. These varieties would not grow anywhere else, they needed to be grown at around 2000 ...
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Quito- How not to Spend Your First Day
(Oct 17 '06)
When I flew into Quito with my friend K, I had only taken family vacations
to other countries, and followed the Rick Steves’ books so that we might never
find a foreign treasure on our own.
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Eternal Springtime: Quito
(Jan 03 '06)
How do we sum up a city and culture in a paragraph? Well, I guess to start generalizations are a good place. People: Pretty plain looking. Not ugly but not a model in sight. Very reserved here in ...
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Here I am in Quito, Ecuador. By far the most polluted city I have lived in. It doesn’t take long to understand rules here. The first rule is ...
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Recent Blogs for Quito
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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Stop being so obvious!
(Jun 04 '08)
I have landed safely in Quito, Ecuador!! The city is very big and surrounded by mountains. It is very beautiful, but inside the city it smells like car exhast constantly! ...
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So in prepartion for our Cotopaxi trip we decided to climb Rucu Pichincha today. To access it we took the teleferico (Gondola) which brings you to about 4000m. From there it's a 3-4 ...
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