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Ecuador – day eight

Highlights: Shopping for art Travel: Flights from Quito, Ecuador, to Los Angeles Pictures taken: ? Favorite photo of the day: TBA Happy Valentine’s Day. Store displays, flower vendors, and even the TV lineup are persistent reminders of me being single now. I got up and showered. Then i packed and by 9 i was out …

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Ecuador – day eight

Highlights: Completing paperwork to leave the country, standing on “the Equator” Travel: Just some driving in cars and taxis around the Quito area. Number of photos taken:? Favorite photo of the day: I woke a little before seven.  I showered and grabbed all of my documentation – police report, new passport, copy of old passport, …

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Ecuador – day seven

Highlights: Emergency passport, Virgin statue Travel: Taxi rides. Pictures taken:? Favorite photo of the day: (Please excuse these sentences – I was writing some things in the present and others in the past so things are a bit messed up!) I woke very early; before 5.  I tried to sleep more but after an hour …

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Ecuador – day five

Highlights: Arrival in Quito Pictures taken: ? Travel: Bus from Montañita to Guayaquil and flight to Quito, Ecuador Favorite photo of the day: TBA I woke at about 9:30.  I threw on some clothes and went down to the hotel lobby and bought two bottles of water for fifty cents each.  I knocked on Levy’s …

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Ecuador – day four

Highlights: Dancing barefoot by fire, in sand, and in the rain Pictures taken: ? Travel: None Favorite photo of the day: To bed early means i’m up early too.  But it is overcast.  So i go back to bed.  At 9:00 i look and it is still overcast.  I turn on the TV.  Since i …

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Ecuador – day three

Highlights: sun, sand, and surf Pictures taken: ? Travel: none Favorite picture of the day: We slept in and then checked out of Las Palmeras.  The owner has great English speaking skills but the rooms are designed for maximum occupancy.  Our room had two bunk beds and a narrow passage to squeeze through to get …

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Ecuador – day two

Highlights: sun, sand, and surf Pictures taken: ? Travel: none Favorite picture of the day: We slept until almost noon.  I showered under the world´s worst shower head with water temperatures varying from scalding to near-freezing. It was nice and sunny out so i put sunblock on my nose, forehead, ears and shoulders.  SPF 35. …

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Ecuador – day 1

Highlights: Second birthday in South America & having passport, phone and laptop stolen. Pictures taken: 36 Travel: Flight from Lima, Peru to Guayaquil, Ecuador and taxi from there to Montañita. Favorite picture of the day: Happy birthday to me!  35.  And i’m waking up in an airport.  If all goes well i should be watching …

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Preliminary plans for Peru and Ecuador

I booked my tickets.  I’m definitely going now.  Here’s the plan… Leave Petersburg on January 24th.  Head to Seattle via Juneau.  Seth just happens to be heading to Seattle on the same flight so i’m going to spend two nights there.  I’ll shop for some very typical eco-tourist clothing because i’m planning on going ultra-light …

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