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"There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo.

"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it, to tell the tale." Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel García Márquez.

"They never taught wandering in any school I attended. ... they never taught the art of writing a book, either. It's all so mysterious."
"Wandering is an art in itself. Wandering and writing don't mix"
"Writing demands commitment and if one thing your wanderer is allergic to is that very quality of commitment, for once one is committed he runs that very risk of failure ..." Wanderer - Sterling Hayden.

"Photography enables you to grasp a place first time round. ... Photography is a means of exploration, it's a vital part of travel, almost as essential as a car or a plane. " - Wim Wenders.

"The worst prejudice we acquire during our youth is the idea that life is serious. Children have the right instincts: they know that life is not serious, and treat it as a game..." , Egon Friedell.

"How far you gonna go. Before you lose your way back home" - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Achtung Baby, U2.

"If you want to be a hero well just follow me." - Working Class Hero, John Lennon.

"When I think of all the things I have done, I know that it's only just begun." - I love you, Lou Reed.

"One does not escape the Sahara - the Sahara let's you go or not" - Touareg.

"Planet earth is blue and there`s nothing I can do" - This is Ground Control to Major Tom, David Bowie.

"Glory for the crazy people/in this stupid world" - Ahmed Fouad Negm.

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Colors of Ecuador.

Map of Ecuador.

Ecuadorian Highlights.

Pictures link to stories!

The boys get boogy boards from the life guards, Montanita, Ecuador.
Boarding.
Juggling, beach Montanita, Ecuador.
Hippies.
C. visits.
C. and the boys.
Deck chairs and parasols, in Montanita beach, Ecuador.
Deck chairs in red.
Five riders in ponchos. The Ecuadorian Andean mountains.
The Ecuadorian Andean mountains
Clouds move in again. Chimborazo.
Clouds move in again.
Vicunas, Chimborazo proximity.
Vicunas.
Market, Riobamba, Ecuador, Indigena woman selling loads of oranges..
Market, Riobamba.
Nice view down the foggy valley, Nariz del Diablo.
Nice view.
New cathedral, Cuenca, Ecuador.
New cathedral, Cuenca.
Pig Otavalo.
Pig, Otavalo.
The top and no clouds, snow, blue sky. Cotopaxi, Volcano, Ecuador.
Small glacier on top and no clouds.
The will to move up to the refugio, Cotopaxi, at 4,600m.
The will counts.
Red delight, exotic plant.
Exotic plant.
Fine yuca powder. Cassava powder, manioc.
Fine powder of yuca.

Ecuador, Sep/Oct 2012.

Ecuador, Apr/May 2012.

Beers in Ecuador.

Four ponchos, four hats, Indigenas fiesta of horses, Salinas de Guaranda, the Ecuadorian Andes.
Salinas, Chimborazo, to Cuenca.
Preparing yuca/cassava/manioc flower. Yuca bread in Ecuador Amazon basin.
Cotopaxi to Amazon Rainforest.

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