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Jacqueline & Ricardo
Ricardo's Mom owns a beauty supplies & toy shop (Fantasias Naranjo). Here they are at their market stall. Amazing how much money folks will spend on plastic baubles!
My Last Month in Banos -- for awhile!
March 17th 2011 For the past several months I've been mostly in Banos, a natural paradise located 3 hrs southeast of Quito. Banos attracts many tourists, especial young adventurous types. A town of about 20,000, it's set in a valley surrounded by lush green hillsides which are dotted with waterfalls.
While I was housesitting for Shana, and for a month after she returned, I stayed at her place up
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