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THINGS TO DO
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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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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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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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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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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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UNESCO world Heritage site
(Apr 21 '07)
One picturesque bus ride of Banos and its active Volcano I arrived at Quito the nations capital. First impressions of Chicago Hostel...for the old people lol! Good rooms,clean etc...not much activity ...
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There we were in Quito. Close enough to the equator to spit on it; so we decided to go and see it. Twice in fact.
The bus ride was - to my uninitiated sense of time - long. ...
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Leaving behind Peru I entered the fifth country of my Journey so far, Ecuador. Not really knowing much about the South and in need of a decent ...
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