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                    Ecuador 2001 
                    Cuenca 
                     
                     
                      
                    We cross the land border to Ecuador at Huaquillas/Machala. 
                     
                     
                      
                    Cuenca, one of the most pleasant cities in  
                    South America. Founded by the Spanish in 1557. 
                     
                     
                      
                    The "New Cathedral". 
                     
                     
                      
                    On the way to Quito, our bus has a puncture... 
                    At that time there's a strike in Ecuador and all 
                    roads in the mountains are blocked by the poor  
                    Indian people - except for a road along the 
                    coast to Quito... 
                     
                     
                      
                    Our bus driver and some locals search for a hole in the tire... 
                    somehow the 
                    method remembers me how I repair a bike.  
                     
                     
                      
                     
                      
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