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Tuesday, 28 October 2008

mitad del mundo


if you come this close you almost have to visit the equator... i didn´t expect much but it was a great first experience of what i can expect from trips in the area. after a horrible bus ride we arrived to the official center of the world... not so much... someone obviously got their bearings wrong and decided to build a massive monument there, surround it in restaurants and charge you a few bucks to get in. great what next? well right next door, a few hundred metres down a dirt track roas is the real 0´0´0, as confirmed by the us army no less. a cute little ecuadorian (i´m guessing thats the right terminology) showed us some history and then smiled as we took in some of the tricks that can happen on the magical line. see the video here as soon as i find somewhere that it doesn´t take three days to upload.


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Monday, 27 October 2008

touch down

after the scariest landing ever, i arrived safely in stormy quito. this meant that when i got my backpack from the baggage claim - it was pretty wet. anyways... just a quick post to touch base as i have much exploring of the old town to get through. the hostel is beautiful... with amazing views of the old town from the balcony.

i do hope this altitude headache goes away though.

much love

(update) if you search ´quito airport landing´ you´ll see what i mean http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=quito+airport+landing&aq=o&oq=


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Wednesday, 8 October 2008

counting down

so i have 18 days left of the UK. my preparations are going mostly to plan. and i'm winding down at work...

first port of call is ECUADOR. my only knowledge of which comes from lonely planet. but there are some really great sites out there for the travelling like... some that have been useful include:

trip wolf
hostel world
lonely planet
sta travel buzz

but more importantly there are so many online tools that help you in your preparations... i'm going to put a list together, but the most valuable to date is google maps, google docs, google mail, in fact... everything. i'll explain this in a future post.

wish me luck with my 5 jabs on friday - ouch!


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Stephen Cater | Digital Supposition