Baños – Monkeys

February 27, 2010 OK, I plan to leave Baños today. At breakfast I am talking with fellow travelers, and one of them mentions the monkey preserve. MONKEYS?!?!? I quickly weigh…

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Baños – Bike Wash

One afternoon in Baños I violated the A#1 rule of traveling in Central – South America with your bike: I left the bike for someone to work on while I…

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Baños-Waterfalls

February 26, 2010 Breakfast at la Casa Verde. The owners are super eco conscious, and have made most of their own food. Yummy fresh fruit grows on the property, they…

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Quito

Here are some miscellaneous pics from  my week in Quito. Meet Juan Jose, Argentinian TV producer. I said I was hungry and he cooked me an omelet. God I love…

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Otovalo Market

February 20-21, 2010 Ricardo invited me to his Birthday Party. His brother owns a popular discoteque in Quito, and that’s where the party was held. Oofa, it started at midnight!…

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Resurfacing…

Well, the short story is that I got sick and got taken in by strangers. I had my second bacteria of the trip (read: chronic diarrhea), and also developed a…

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Las Lajas

February 16, 2010 Today’s agenda s a full one: Ipiaples and the beautiful Sanctuary of Las Lajas, a basilica church nestled in a crack between the mountains of southern Colombia….

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