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| Gardens behind our hotel |
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| Our room Sea Hawk central for the Super Bowl |
Today we tried to see a little bit of Quito, the hotel got us a young man to drive us about for about four hours to catch some of the high lights of the city. It was fun to discuss with him the differences between the US and Ecuador, costs of things, etc. We are very wealthy to him, though he seems to be doing well for himself. A teacher here would make around $10,000 a year. Automobiles seem to cost about 20% to 50% more than in the US. Gas is about $2.00 gal. They use US currency. We took a cable car to the top of a nearby mountain about 12,500 feet. It was a bit hazy, so we couldn't see too much. Then we drove around to various historic buildings. They have a cathedral here that is patterned after Notre Dame in Paris, complete with gargoyles. Amazing what they could build up here in the mountains hundreds of years ago.
Tomorrow we head for the Galapagos Islands where we probably will be out of touch for about a week … we'll see.
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| Quito in the valley at 9600 ft |
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| Quito cathedral |
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