A little story....
The ride into Quito is not an easy one. The city rests at about 2800 meters above sea level. As Merilee and I were riding up the 15 kilometer climb into the city a car pulled over in front of me. They gestured out the window to come up to their car. As I approached, they stuffed a bag of tomatos into my face and said ¨take them¨. I wasn´t sure at first what to do because it was a huge bag. I asked them if they were sure it was all right, and they said yes. That is when I noticed the whole bed of their truck was filled with tomatos. Again, they told me to take the tomatos because they qwench your thirst. So I firgured why not, 25 tomatos are handy to have around. And so that is how Merilee and I went into Quito carrying over 10 pounds of tomatos!
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Glad to see you're moving again. I mean, free tomatoes are great, but I was about ready to suggest that you rename your Blog "San Diego to Quito." (uttered with just a hint of jealousy about the whole trip)
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