22nd
August 2005 |
GPS reading on
the equator line. Maybe someone can work out if the accuracy reading (40
feet) equates to the Lat error (0.131 minutes).
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Equator
monument
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View from top
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Local colour
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At last, a
couple of volcanoes
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Plaza Grande,
Quito
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View over Old
City
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La Virgen de
Quito
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Never say the
Ecuatorians don't have a sense of humour
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23rd
August 2005 |
Bike stripped at a
main dealer in Equador due to a smoking engine - badly worn valves, guides,
seats and piston rings - could be a couple of weeks stopover due to the need
to ship parts from here as they aren't available there |
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The Old Lady's
stablemates are Spongebob Squarepants' escort detail (R1150RTs)
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The Old Lady's
stablemates are Spongebob Squarepants' escort detail (R1150RTs)
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23rd September
2005 |
I'm told this
Chinese restaurant is rather good.
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L to R: Carlos
the Nice Young Mechanic, Augusto "Mr.Fixit" Begnini and Diego "Drop Dead
Gorgeous" Galindo (runs the bike side at Alvarez Barba and knows Kevin and
Julia "Globebusters" Sanders)
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Hasn't been
this clean since I left home
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But I need a
shower
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