Random Thoughts – Bathrooms

Pam/ January 18, 2012/ Random Thoughts, Travel

It seems like the bathrooms here are all a result of the lack of resources. Water, electricity and ability/system to process. Water: In Puerto Lopez water is trucked in from an hour away … and that’s the water for showers, toilets, sinks. Bottled water is cheap. One of the places in Puerto Lopez I bought water charged a quarter for

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Random Thoughts – Yoga on the Road

Pam/ January 18, 2012/ Random Thoughts, Travel, Yoga

I’ve done a lot of walking in Quito. Like any big city, there’s a lot of distance between you and your destination. After a couple of weeks of walking the hills in the city, my calves and feet ache. Most of the yoga I’m doing is to relieve some of the aches of walking, sitting, and travel in general. I’m

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Random Thoughts – Food

Pam/ January 18, 2012/ Random Thoughts, Travel

My trip TO the basilica yesterday went off without a hitch. RETURNING I got mixed up and got off the trolly one stop too soon, got on the bus going the wrong way and then got on the bus going the right way but the wrong bus. It’s all part of the experience and I got where I was going,

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17 enero – La Basilica

Pam/ January 18, 2012/ Travel

I visited the basilica today. It’s modeled after Paris’s Norte-Dame and reminds me very much of it. Its shape and the round stained glass windows seem like a direct copy. The large central nave with concrete and marble make this space cool and quiet. The stained glass is fabulous and they each probably represent a story that’s told in the

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