Grand Hotel Quito
Rocafuerte 1001 y Ponton (Loma Grande) Quito, Ecuador
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Dag 22: De anticlimax
5 augustus 2010 23.30
We staan op en iedereen maakt zich klaar voor de toch, behalve ik. Door mijn lichte verkoudheid en de ijle lucht op deze hoogte ben ik naar 5 minuten inspanning al buiten adem. Het lijkt me verstandiger om de tocht naar boven niet te doen. Wel eet ik nog wat met de groep mee.
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Ik zwaai de groep uit en wens …
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We've got Everything
Song of the day: We've got everything - Modest Mouse
We've got everything
We've got everything down to a science
So I guess we know everything
Galapagos islands really does have everything. They have thousands upon thousands of sea lions. They have land iguanas, sea iguanas, turtles, tortoises, sharks sting rays, manta …


