By Robyn Leslie, Posted Jul 06, 2006
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 Almost sings to you as you walk through its streets (http://www.flickr.com/photos/obvio171/) |
This is the nubile and fresh-faced country cousin of Quito. Surrounded by towering green volcanic hills and blue skies, it almost sings to you as you walk its streets. With some investigation, interesting anomalies (like excellent French restaurants, native North American hippies and a burger joint alarmingly like KFC) can be found. Super touristy but with white-water rafting, hiking and biking, has lots to offer for the gung-ho traveller.
And there's white water rafting too! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/obvio171/)
“Murder, drugs…he´s murder, he´s a gang leader. Drugs, he’s drugs, that guy at the end – he´s off his face now – he was a mule……all the gringos are drugs.”
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There was a feel-good article in the Guardian the other day about laughter classes in Tehran.
God knows there’s lots to laugh about. Here’s a comic speech given by the ...
