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QUITO FROM ATOP by Laurene on July 24, 2010

(Version française plus bas)

4,100 meters high. The view of Quito is amazing. You’d better go in the morning because around 1PM, the clouds inevitably come wrapping the mountain and you can hardly see fifty meters away.

There are a few recycling bins. How come they recycle here whereas they didn’t in our apartment building?

Down a path there is a tiny church called Capilla del Centenario. I was trying to have a glimpse at the chancel through the door window when the women next to me said: “Wouldn’t it be nice to get married here?”

Yes, it would. It is so quiet, the air is so fresh, you are so far away from everything else that you really feel on top of the world. Just as you should feel on your wedding day.

Quito over a roof

El Teleférico de Pichincha!

Foreigners and locals don't pay the same price

Quito

Amid clouds

La Capilla del Centenario above Quito (Centennial Chapel)

John Paul II's prayer

Church reflection

El camino

Recycling on top of a mountain

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QUITO VU D’EN HAUT

Altitude: 4100 mètres. Vue sur Quito magnifique. Mieux vaut venir le matin parce que vers 13h, les nuages commencent inévitablement à envelopper les monts et on voit difficilement à 50 mètres.

Quelques poubelles de recyclage. Comment se fait-il qu’on recycle ici mais pas dans notre immeuble?

Au bout d’un chemin, une toute petite église appelée Capilla del Centenario. Je tente d’entrevoir le choeur de la chapelle à travers la porte vitrée quand deux femmes à côté de moi murmurent: “Ne serait-ce pas super de se marier ici?”

Oui, ce doit être super. C’est tellement calme, l’air est si vif, on se sent si loin de la civilisation qu’on a vraiment l’impression d’être sur le toit du monde. Tout comme on doit se sentir le jour de son mariage.

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