Bright Reflections...

JW Mariott, Quito, Ecuador

"A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-

but it's far enough away so that you really understand it.

There is real life in this movie, but it hovers just an inch above reality."

Wes Bentley

Guarding the Presidential Palace...

Presidential Palace Guards, Quito, Ecuador

They may not be the Swiss Guards at Buckingham Palace...

but they were quite impressive!!!

Fabio...Ecuadorian Style!!!

This gentleman was selling his handmade jewelry on the bluff across from 

one of Quito's largest cathedrals...

Ramona was quite taken with him and called him "magnificent"...

TheChief called him the Ecuadorian Fabio and figured he 

gave the guys permission to oggle the beautiful women we saw...

No...I didn't buy any jewelry...but I thought about it!!!

Take Time for the Music...

ABC Wednesday

Street Musician, Quito, Ecuador

"I think music in itself is healing.  It's an explosive expression of humanity.

It's something we are all touched by.  

No matter what culture we are from, everyone loves music."

Billy Joel

Take Time to listen to the music...

While I'm Taking Time to meet our brand new Granddaughter!!!

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Thank you for joining me in my most recent vacation pics...

the Galapagos Islands and Quito, Ecuador

A Portal to a Another World...

These magnificent doors were not a church or a special building in Quito...

They seemed to be doors leading to somewhere special,

set in a regular cement building in the downtown...

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A Quito Treasure...

I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word,

they were the bibles of the poor."

John McGahern

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Skywatch Friday in Ecuador!!!

Just a little diversion from the status quo...

Going to Ecuador to begin our vacation in the Galapagos, I kind of 

thought we'd be heading into the land of sunshine...

This is our first day in Quito, Ecuador...looks kind of like our 

weather today here in Mammoth!!!

We took a gondola up to 14,000 feet altitude...yep...in the Andes!!!
(The top of Mammoth Mountain is a mere 11,000+ feet)

At the top, there was a little visitor center with this cute little 

Nescafe cafe with enormous windows overlooking the valleys below...

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