Leaving Quito

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October 4th 2010

Published: October 10th 2010

The taxi drive asked $2 above the normal fare to take me to the airport. Even so, he was still reluctant to drive through a burning roadblock. "Don't go into the city centre," my friend had warned me earlier that morning. "The criminal classes will be having a field day with the Police and Security Services on strike. The army's closed the airport as well." I hung around at the bottom of... Read Full Entry

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... old (my favourite Chinese restaurant), ...

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... and the new southern bus station).

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The capital of an republic since 1830, ...

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... or exciting (exhibition space in the Parque Itchimbía ...

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... the government gives food supplements to pensioners ...

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... and school children.

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Nevertheless many children have to work; ...

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these kids - my neighbours - go to school in the morning, work in the afternoon, and aren't free to play street football til 10:00pm.

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The city seems quite a good place to be ...

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... in a wheel chair.

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Democratic freedom of protest by fishermen, ...

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... medical staff ...

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... and petroleum workers.

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Women in support of the President.

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Plants in the botanical gardens ...

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... include bromiliads ...

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... and orchids.

10th October 2010

Alison
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Out with a bang!
What a way to finish a spectacular adventure! I can vouch for Luis and Jumbo Lodging too. You won´t find people with bigger hearts.

17th October 2010

Edgar
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best blog eva
This is probably the best traveler blog I've ever read. Congrats! -e

22nd October 2010

An Erratic Traveller
Gillian Perrett

Edgar
thank you Edgar

24th October 2010

Ray W
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Two hour a-glued.....
OK...maybe there isn't such a word as a-glued, but I have been sitting here on this hard stool for hours reading your blog posts from the past two years and I feel like I have seen another side of you. I had not read but a fraction of these before and once I deciphered how to see all the pictures I was hooked. Perhaps you should just become a travel writer full time and invite friends like me to join you on your trips. Although I do feel very fortunate to have traveled with you in Cambodia and Vietnam. Good work on this travel blog! You are awesome.

28th October 2010

Barbara
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Great blog entry
Except for your airport experience, Quito sounds wonderful. Very informative blog entry and enjoyable reading too. Glad your trip went smoothly after that bumpy start.

26th November 2010

suparna
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Nice Blog
Nice Blog! I see that your blog is about travel. I want to share some info with you. Citymedia foundation (http://citymediafoundation.org) has launched www.city.vi , a network of 68,000 city specific video sites, where you can share videos about cities and regions across the world. like for Paris videos you can visit http://Paris.vi . You can also find out about other cities that you are interested in. Hope to see you there. suparnadilip@gmail.com www.city.vi

28th December 2010

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Where are you?
Gillian, You have not posted in a long time and I miss your blogs. Where are you and what are you doing? Happy Holidays, MJ

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