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Arrival in Ecuador

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Hi all My name is Mark Robertson, 27 years old from Wellington, New Zealand. I'm off to Bogota, Colombia on 4 March 2008 from Auckland New Zealand, via Buenos Aires. Spending 1 month in Colombia attending a Colombian friend's wedding before backpacking my way from Colombia to Argentina, via Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia over the following 5 months.

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Arrival in Ecuador

March 26, 2008

26 March 2008

Yesterday was uneventful and was spent mostly at the airport in Bogota. Samuel flew back to NZ and I am now on my own.

It´s 7:00am. I am in Ecuador at Mariana Gonzalez´s home on a hill overlooking Quito City. Mariana´s children, Maria Jose and Jean-Pierre, busy themselves to get ready for school. Jean Pierre is about 9 or 10 and does not wish to comb his hair or his hair to be combed. Mariana´s daughter, Maria Jose (13), is calm and relaxed. I think these two children will teach me a good deal of Spanish. Mariana´s house is nice and it has a hot shower, which I am greatful for, as on the Coast the showers are coldish. There is also a dutch couple staying here. They are both about 6 10 tall. She is also about 3´ wide and is sick. I hope I don’t catch something as I can´t afford to be sick again. They are both well travelled and are nice. I am quite a distance from the city centre. I am not sure if my Spanish classes start today or not.