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		<title>IT&#8217;S BEEN GOOD, BUT REALLY GOOD</title>
		<link>http://jetsetzero.tv/2010/08/02/its-been-good-but-really-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best moments of Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traveling is rewarding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) Nine months with Jet Set Zero already. It&#8217;s been a wonderful experience in countries I had never been to, with people I had never met before. A truly rewarding experience. I have proven to myself I can do it, so it&#8217;s time for me to hit the road on my own. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Nine months with Jet Set Zero already. It&#8217;s been a wonderful experience in countries I had never been to, with people I had never met before. A truly rewarding experience. I have proven to myself I can do it, so it&#8217;s time for me to hit the road on my own. I&#8217;ll be in South America a few more months, heading south.</p>
<p>And I&#8217;ll be blogging: photos, videos&#8230; Come check it out: <a href="http://laureneworld.wordpress.com/">http://laureneworld.wordpress.com/ </a> And please leave comments, questions or suggestions!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a short video to remember the goods moments in Quito and Ecuador. A compilation of photos you have seen, and others you haven&#8217;t- yet. </p>
<p>Traveling is a fulfilling experience. Make it your own.</p>
<p>Peace</p>
<p>Laurene</p>
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<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p><strong>C&#8217;ETAIT BIEN, VRAIMENT BIEN</strong></p>
<p>Déjà neuf mois passés avec Jet Set Zero. Ce fut une magnifique expérience, dans des pays et avec des compagnons de voyage qui m&#8217;étaient inconnus auparavant. Une expérience vraiment enrichissante. Je me suis prouvé que oui, c&#8217;est possible, alors voici venu le temps de prendre la route en solitaire. Je vais pousser un peu plus vers le sud, en Amérique latine.</p>
<p>Et je conterai en photos et vidéos mes aventures sur mon blog: <a href="http://">http://laureneworld.wordpress.com/</a><br />
Venez y faire un tour et laisser vos commentaires, questions et suggestions!</p>
<p>Voici une courte vidéo pour se remémorer les meilleurs moments à Quito et en Equateur. Une compilation de photos que vous avez déjà vues, et d&#8217;autres inédites. </p>
<p>Voyager est enrichissant. Faites de vos voyages une expérience unique.</p>
<p>Peace</p>
<p>Laurene</p>
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		<title>THE RUINS OF INGAPIRCA</title>
		<link>http://jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/27/the-ruins-of-ingapirca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[another top of the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cañari ruins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inca ruins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ingapirca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar temple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) We have seen lakes, mountains, volcanoes, the ocean, blue-footed boobbies, whales, pelicans, cuy, churches, villages and bigger towns, but there is one things we haven&#8217;t seen. Pre-Columbian ruins. Jenna and I decided to visit El Machu Picchu of Ecuador: the ruins of Ingapirca. The site is probably not as impressive as [...]]]></description>
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<p>We have seen lakes, mountains, volcanoes, the ocean, blue-footed boobbies, whales, pelicans, cuy, churches, villages and bigger towns, but there is one things we haven&#8217;t seen. Pre-Columbian ruins. </p>
<p>Jenna and I decided to visit El Machu Picchu of Ecuador: the ruins of Ingapirca. The site is probably not as impressive as actual Machu Picchu (in Peru) but it is much less crowded, and our guide&#8217;s explanations made the visit worthwhile.</p>
<div id="attachment_13740" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13740" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/27/the-ruins-of-ingapirca/interview-ingapirca2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13740   " title="interview Ingapirca2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/interview-Ingapirca2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The inca and canari ruins of Ingapirca</p></div>
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<p>The site would have been built some time before 1500. In the begining, it was inhabited by the Cañari people who worshipped the moon. In the late 15th century the Incas, led by Tupac Yupanqui, conquered the south of Ecuador  and decided to build a solar temple on the Cañari site- for the Incas were worshippers of the sun. They wanted to share their knowledge with the Cañaris, who rapidly found out that their real motives were less respectable. </p>
<p>Both people were at war until they made an alliance: the Inca king would marry the Cañari princess of Ingapirca. The couple had a son: Atahualpa. But the Cañaris weren&#8217;t happy about it and relocated further in the mountains.</p>
<div id="attachment_13742" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13742" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/27/the-ruins-of-ingapirca/templo-del-sol-32/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13742   " title="templo del sol 32" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/templo-del-sol-32-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The inca Solar Temple of Ingapirca</p></div>
<p>At her death, the wisest, most respected Cañari woman was buried with ten alive young women who had been previously druged with huantuc. They say those girls would have been grateful to die for their mother figure and believed they would be born again. </p>
<p>The Incas had great architectural skills. They gave doors and windows a trapezoid shape to prevent houses from collapsing during earthquakes. They also performed animal sacrifices, but no human sacrifices as in Machu Picchu.</p>
<div id="attachment_13741" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13741" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/27/the-ruins-of-ingapirca/lau-ingapirca2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13741   " title="Lau ingapirca2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Lau-ingapirca2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Another &quot;top of the world&quot;! El Templo solar!</p></div>
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<strong>LES RUINES D&#8217;INGAPIRCA</strong></p>
<p>Lacs, montagnes, volcans, océan, fous à pattes bleues, baleines, pélicans, cuy, églises, villages et villes, nous avons vu beaucoup mais il y a une chose qui manque à l&#8217;appel. Les ruines précolombiennes.</p>
<p>Jenna et moi avons donc décidé de visiter le Machu Picchu équatorien: les ruines d&#8217;Ingapirca. Les site n&#8217;est sans doute pas aussi impressionant que le vrai Machu Micchu (au Pérou) mais il est beaucoup moins envahi par les touristes, et les explications de notre guide ont rendu notre visite vraiment très intéressante.</p>
<p>Le site aurait donc été construit avant 1500. Au début, il était habité par une communauté Cañari, dont le dieu était la lune. A la fin du 15ème siècle, les Incas menés par Tupac Yupanqui ont conquis le sud de l&#8217;Equateur et entrepris de construire un temple du soleil sur le site Cañari. Car les Incas, eux, adoraient le soleil. Ils souhaitaient faire part de leur savoir aux Cañaris, lesquels se sont vite rendus compte que leurs ambitions réelles étaient moins avouables.</p>
<p>Les deux peuples sont donc entrés en guerre jusqu&#8217;au jour où ils ont conclu une alliance: le roi inca épouserait la princesse cañari d&#8217;Ingapirca. Le couple royal eut un fils: Atahualpa. Mais les Cañaris n&#8217;étaient pas satisfaits de la situation et se sont donc déplacés plus loin dans la montagne.</p>
<p>A sa mort, la femme Cañari la plus sage et respectée de la communauté était enterrée en compagnie de dix jeunes femmes vivantes préalablement droguées au huantuc. On dit que ces jeunes filles étaient reconnaissantes de mourir pour leur aînée et croyaient en la réincarnation.</p>
<p>Les Incas étaient de sacrés architectes. Il donnaient à leurs portes et fenêtres une forme trapézoïdale pour éviter que les maisons ne s&#8217;effondrent lors des tremblements de terre. Il s&#8217;adonnaient aussi aux sacrifices d&#8217;animaux mais pas d&#8217;êtres humains, contrairement aux pratiques incas au Machu Picchu.</p>
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		<title>URBAN EXOTIC GUAYAQUIL</title>
		<link>http://jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/26/urban-exotic-guayaquil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[el Malecon waterfront]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guayaquil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guayaquil estuary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iguanas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) I hadn&#8217;t planned to visit Guayaquil. From the little I knew, it was too big, too urban of a city with too many skyscrapers and a high crime rate. Until some friends told me that in late medieval times, there used to be a lot of piracy activity. That was enough [...]]]></description>
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<p>I hadn&#8217;t planned to visit Guayaquil. From the little I knew, it was too big, too urban of a city with too many skyscrapers and a high crime rate. Until some friends told me that in late medieval times, there used to be a lot of piracy activity. That was enough to change my mind.</p>
<p>You see, I am from the coast. Just like Guayaquil on the Guayas river, my hometown is located in the Loire river estuary. Just like Guyaquil&#8217;s <em>Malecón</em>, my hometown recently built a waterfront with fancy cafés and places to hang out. It&#8217;s called <em>Le Hangar à Bananes</em> (The Banana Warehouse) and has become a popular place to go out.</p>
<p>Unlike Guayaquil however, Nantes doesn&#8217;t have a lighthouse nor did we have pirates, although we were involved in transatlantic slave trade&#8230;</p>
<div id="attachment_13734" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 576px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13734" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/26/urban-exotic-guayaquil/patting-an-iguana2/"><img class="size-full wp-image-13734 " title="patting an iguana2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/patting-an-iguana2.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Patting an iguana</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_13736" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 576px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13736" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/26/urban-exotic-guayaquil/regeneracion-urbana2/"><img class="size-full wp-image-13736  " title="regeneracion urbana2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/regeneracion-urbana2.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Urban regeneration... with iguanas and turtles!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13731" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 576px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13731" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/26/urban-exotic-guayaquil/iguana-in-tree2/"><img class="size-full wp-image-13731  " title="iguana in tree2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/iguana-in-tree2.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iguana in a tree</p></div>
<p>Guayaquil also has a little park inhabited by iguanas, turtles and pigeons that seem to live happily together. The park is an urban regeneration project. I think its purpose might be to make the Ecuadorians more familiar with their natural heritage, for Ecuador has one of the richest biodiversity in the world but many inhabitants don&#8217;t seem to care about it.</p>
<p>In the park, a father is showing his four-year-old how to play with an iguana&#8217;s tail. A man sitting on a bench advises me to touch the iguana&#8217;s chest. He seems nice enough so I venture to pat the iguana, which doesn&#8217;t seem to care until I slightly strokes its head. </p>
<p>I might not have been to the Galapagos but I have patted an iguana!</p>
<div id="attachment_13733" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 576px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13733" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/26/urban-exotic-guayaquil/malecon2/"><img class="size-full wp-image-13733  " title="malecon2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/malecon2.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A band playing on El Malecón waterfront </p></div>
<div id="attachment_13732" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 479px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13732" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/26/urban-exotic-guayaquil/lighthouse2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13732 " title="lighthouse2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lighthouse2-799x1200.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="720" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The lighthouse overlooking Guayaquil</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13735" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13735" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/26/urban-exotic-guayaquil/pirate2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13735   " title="pirate2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/pirate2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Pirates!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13730" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13730" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/26/urban-exotic-guayaquil/guayaquil2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13730   " title="guayaquil2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/guayaquil2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Guayaquil, the biggest city of Ecuador</p></div>
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<strong>GUAYAQUIL, L&#8217;URBAINE ET L&#8217;EXOTIQUE</strong></p>
<p>Je n&#8217;avais pas prévu de visiter Guayaquil. D&#8217;après mon peu d&#8217;information, c&#8217;était une ville trop grande, trop urbaine, avec trop de gratte-ciel et un taux de criminalité trop élevé. Jusqu&#8217;à ce que des amis m&#8217;informent qu&#8217;à la fin du Moyen-Age, la région grouillait de pirates. Ca a suffit à me faire changer d&#8217;avis. </p>
<p>Car voyez-vous, je viens de la côte. Comme Guayaquil sur le fleuve Guayas, ma ville natale est à l&#8217;embouchure d&#8217;un fleuve: la Loire. Comme le Malecón de Guayaquil, ma ville a récemment aménagé une promenade le long du fleuve avec des cafés tendance et des coins sympas pour se détendre. Cela s&#8217;appelle &#8220;Le Hangar à Bananes&#8221; et est devenu un lieu à la mode.</p>
<p>A la différence de Guayaquil en revanche, Nantes n&#8217;a pas de phare ni de piraterie, même si nous avons été impliqués dans le trafic d&#8217;esclaves&#8230;</p>
<p>Guyaquil est aussi dotée d&#8217;un parc habité par des iguanes, des tortues et des pigeons qui semblent vivre en parfaite harmonie. Le parc fait partie d&#8217;un projet de régénération urbaine dont le but est, ce me semble, de familiariser davantage les Equatoriens avec leur patrimoine naturel. Car faut-il le rappeler, l&#8217;Equateur est l&#8217;un des pays au monde les plus riches en biodiversité mais de nombreux habitants semblent n&#8217;en avoir cure.</p>
<p>Dans le parc, un père montre à sa fille de quatre ans comment jouer avec la queue d&#8217;un iguane. Un monsieur assis sur un banc me fait signe de toucher le thorax de la bête. Comme il a l&#8217;air sympathique, je lui fait confiance et me hasarde à caresser l&#8217;iguane, lequel n&#8217;en a rien à faire jusqu&#8217;à ce que je lui gratte le crâne. </p>
<p>Je ne suis peut-être pas allée aux Galapagos, mais j&#8217;ai bel et bien caressé un iguane!</p>
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		<title>PACIFIC HOLIDAYS</title>
		<link>http://jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[albatros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue-footed booby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fishermen at dawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Galapagos species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isla de la Plata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Frailes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pelicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pristine beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Lopez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) We all wanted to go to the Galapagos but the $1,000 weekly trip was definitely out of our budget. Instead, we went to La Isla de la Plata, a small island off Puerto Lopez and home to a few Galapagos bird species. On our way to the island, we saw a [...]]]></description>
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<p>We all wanted to go to the Galapagos but the $1,000 weekly trip was definitely out of our budget. Instead, we went to <em>La Isla de la Plata</em>, a small island off Puerto Lopez and home to a few Galapagos bird species.</p>
<p>On our way to the island, we saw a few humpback whales who had come all the way from Antarctica to mate in Ecuadorian waters all summer long. At some point, three whales were swimming side by side. It was magical.</p>
<p>We hiked a few hours on <em>La Isla de la Plata</em> to watch blue-footed boobies, red-chested fregatas and piqueros enmascarados. I was really hoping to see an albatros, but those are shy birds and we didn&#8217;t see any, nor did we see sea lions and hammerhead sharks. It was a beautiful hike amid a landscape that reminded me of lot of the coastline of Quiberon, Brittany.</p>
<div id="attachment_13721" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13721" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/la-plata-coast2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13721   " title="La Plata coast2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/La-Plata-coast2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The coastline of Isla de la Plata</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_13717" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13717" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/getting-off-isla-de-la-plata2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13717   " title="Landing on isla de la plata2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/getting-off-isla-de-la-plata2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Landing on Isla de la Plata</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13726" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13726" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/sign2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13726   " title="sign2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sign2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Welcome to Isla de la Plata!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13724" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13724" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/patas-azules2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13724   " title="patas azules2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/patas-azules2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Blue-footed booby</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13714" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 559px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13714" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/albatros2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13714   " title="albatros2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/albatros2-799x1200.jpg" alt="" width="559" height="840" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">No albatros on the island today</p></div>
<p>Many of our friends had told us about <em>Los Frailes</em>, the supposedly most beautiful beach of Ecuador. And beautiful it was. Some of us lay on the pristine beach for a few hours while the others had a swim in almost lukewarm water!</p>
<div id="attachment_13722" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13722" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/los-frailes2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13722   " title="Los Frailes2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Los-Frailes2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Los Frailes beach</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13725" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13725" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/pelican2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13725   " title="pelican2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/pelican2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A pelican</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13720" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13720" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/jsz-on-the-beach-22/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13720   " title="JSZ on the beach 22" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JSZ-on-the-beach-22-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jet Set Zero on Los Frailes beach</p></div>
<p>In the early morning of Puerto Lopez, I went waiting for the fishermen to be back from the high seas. Vultures and pelicans kept swooping down on fishing boats and fish baskets coming ashore. An incredible sight, and my first time seeing pelicans too!</p>
<div id="attachment_13715" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13715" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/birds-above-fishermen2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13715   " title="Birds above fishermen2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Birds-above-fishermen2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Vultures and pelicans swooping down on fishing boats</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13716" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13716" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/25/pacific-holidays/birds-at-dawn2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13716   " title="Birds at dawn2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Birds-at-dawn2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Birds at dawn</p></div>
<p>* * * * * * *<br />
<strong>VACANCES AU PACIFIQUE</strong></p>
<p>Nous mourrions tous d&#8217;envie d&#8217;aller aux Galapagos, mais le prix du voyage est dissuasif: 1000 dollars minimum la semaine. En lieu et place, nous sommes donc partis explorer <em>La Isla de la Plata</em>, une petite île refuge de plusieurs espèces d&#8217;oiseaux des Galapagos située au large de Puerto Lopez.</p>
<p>Tout au long du trajet en bateau nous avons admiré des baleines à bosse venues de l&#8217;Antarctique pour se reproduire dans les eaux équatoriennes durant l&#8217;été. A un moment, nous avons même vu trois baleines nager côte à côte. Un moment magique.</p>
<p>Nous avons randonné quelques heures sur <em>La Isla de la Plata</em> pour observer les oiseaux: fous à pattes bleues, frégates à gorge rouge et piqueros enmascarados. J&#8217;espérai vraiment apercevoir un albatros mais ces oiseaux-là sont des timides et n&#8217;ont pas montré leur bec. Manquaient aussi à l&#8217;appel éléphants de mer et requins marteaux. Une balade fabuleuse toutefois, au beau milieu d&#8217;un paysage qui n&#8217;a pas manqué de me rappeler la côte de Quiberon, en Bretagne.</p>
<p>De nombreux amis nous avaient parlé de Los Frailes, supposée être la plus belle plage d&#8217;Equateur. Et belle, pour ça elle l&#8217;est! Certains d&#8217;entre nous se sont étendus sur la plage immaculée pendant plusieurs heures tandis que les autres ont piqué une tête dans une eau presque tiède!</p>
<p>A Puerto Lopez au petit matin, je suis allée accueillir les pêcheurs de retour de haute mer, ce qui a donné lieu à un ballet de vautours et de pélicans descendant en piqué sur les chalutiers et les paniers de poissons à peine arrivés à terre. Un scène incroyable. Ce fut aussi la première fois que je voyais des pélicans!</p>
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		<title>QUITO FROM ATOP</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) 4,100 meters high. The view of Quito is amazing. You&#8217;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&#8217;t in our apartment building? [...]]]></description>
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<p>4,100 meters high. The view of Quito is amazing. You&#8217;d better go in the morning because around 1PM, the clouds inevitably come wrapping the mountain and you can hardly see fifty meters away.</p>
<p>There are a few recycling bins. How come they recycle here whereas they didn&#8217;t in our apartment building?</p>
<p>Down a path there is a tiny church called <em>Capilla del Centenario</em>. I was trying to have a glimpse at the chancel through the door window when the women next to me said: &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to get married here?&#8221;</p>
<p>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.</p>
<div id="attachment_13938" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13938" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/toits2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13938   " title="toits2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/toits2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Quito over a roof</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_13934" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13934" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/oeufs2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13934   " title="oeufs2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/oeufs2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">El Teleférico de Pichincha!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13935" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13935" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/price2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13935   " title="price2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/price2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Foreigners and locals don&#39;t pay the same price</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13939" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13939" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/view2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13939   " title="view2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/view2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Quito</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13930" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13930" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/brouillard2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13930   " title="brouillard2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/brouillard2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Amid clouds</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13932" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 576px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13932" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/church2-3/"><img class="size-full wp-image-13932  " title="church2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/church2.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">La Capilla del Centenario above Quito (Centennial Chapel)</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13933" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13933" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/jpii-prayer2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13933   " title="JPII prayer2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JPII-prayer2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">John Paul II&#39;s prayer</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13931" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13931" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/church-reflection2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13931   " title="church reflection2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/church-reflection2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Church reflection</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13937" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13937" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/route2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13937   " title="route2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/route2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">El camino</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13936" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13936" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/24/quito-from-atop/recycling2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13936   " title="recycling2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/recycling2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Recycling on top of a mountain</p></div>
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<strong>QUITO VU D&#8217;EN HAUT</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Quelques poubelles de recyclage. Comment se fait-il qu&#8217;on recycle ici mais pas dans notre immeuble?</p>
<p>Au bout d&#8217;un chemin, une toute petite église appelée <em>Capilla del Centenario</em>. Je tente d&#8217;entrevoir le choeur de la chapelle à travers la porte vitrée quand deux femmes à côté de moi murmurent: &#8220;Ne serait-ce pas super de se marier ici?&#8221;</p>
<p>Oui, ce doit être super. C&#8217;est tellement calme, l&#8217;air est si vif, on se sent si loin de la civilisation qu&#8217;on a vraiment l&#8217;impression d&#8217;être sur le toit du monde. Tout comme on doit se sentir le jour de son mariage.</p>
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		<title>THE CHURCHES OF IBARRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) In every town or village I have been to, there is at least one church. With 95% of the population being Catholic, the churches of Ecuador are filled every Sunday morning, and people go praying or confessing at almost any time, any day of the week. Ibarra is no exception. Even [...]]]></description>
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<p>In every town or village I have been to, there is at least one church. With <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html">95%</a> of the population being Catholic, the churches of Ecuador are filled every Sunday morning, and people go praying or confessing at almost any time, any day of the week.</p>
<p>Ibarra is no exception. Even more so since the small town is a diocese, which means Ibarra is a permanent residence to a Catholic bishop.</p>
<div id="attachment_13623" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13623" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/virgen2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13623   " title="virgen2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/virgen2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Virgin of La Merced</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_13615" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13615" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/real-basilica-de-la-merced2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13615   " title="real basilica de la merced2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/real-basilica-de-la-merced2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">La Merced church</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13609" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13609" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/la-merced2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13609   " title="la merced2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/la-merced2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Inside La Merced</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13606" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13606" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/la-merced-inside2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13606   " title="la merced inside2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/la-merced-inside2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">La Merced chancel</p></div>
<p>I love visiting churches. The moment I pass the sacred gate, it is as if I were enveloped by a quiet serenity. I have visited mosques and pagodas, but only in Catholic churches I feel this inner peace taking possession of me.  Maybe it has something to do with the ceiling being so high and the quiet devotion echoing around me. Or maybe it is just because I was raised Catholic and familiar with the  setting.</p>
<p>Of course, in the churches of Ibarra I felt the same way. La Merced church exhibited a beautiful front facade dedicated to the Virgin of La Merced who, hundreds of years ago, would have performed miracles. The cathedral of Ibarra showed the traditional ceilings painted in a colonial style.</p>
<div id="attachment_13611" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13611" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/mousse2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13611   " title="mousse2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mousse2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Street vendors of espumilla: a mousse of white eggs and sugar traditionally flavored with blackberry, lemon or coconut</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13595" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13595" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/bougainvillee2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13595   " title="bougainvillee2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bougainvillee2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Bougainvillea flowers</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13594" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 479px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13594" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/armoiries2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13594 " title="armoiries2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/armoiries2-799x1200.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="720" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ibarra coat of arms</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13603" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13603" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/ibarra-mural2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13603   " title="ibarra mural2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ibarra-mural2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mural</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13618" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13618" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/villalba2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13618   " title="villalba2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/villalba2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Leonidas Proaño Villalba-bishop of the indigenous people</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13614" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13614" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/parque2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13614   " title="parque2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/parque2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Pedro Moncayo Parc </p></div>
<div id="attachment_13598" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13598" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/cathedrale42/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13598   " title="cathedrale42" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cathedrale42-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The cathedral of Ibarra</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13596" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 479px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13596" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/cathedrale22/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13596  " title="cathedrale22" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cathedrale22-799x1200.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="720" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Statue</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13599" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 479px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13599" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/cathedrale111/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13599 " title="cathedrale111" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cathedrale111-799x1200.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="720" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Statue</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13597" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13597" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/cathedrale32/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13597   " title="cathedrale32" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cathedrale32-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Inside the cathedral of Ibarra</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13593" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13593" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/altar-being-fixed2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13593   " title="altar being fixed2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/altar-being-fixed2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fixing, sculpting, polishing the altar.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_13600" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 479px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13600" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/23/the-churches-of-ibarra/confesiones2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13600 " title="confesiones2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/confesiones2-799x1200.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="720" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Confessing time</p></div>
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<strong>LES EGLISES D&#8217;IBARRA</strong></p>
<p>Dans chaque ville, chaque village, il y a au moins une église. L&#8217;Equateur compte <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html">95%</a> de Catholiques et comme on peut s&#8217;y attendre, les églises équatoriennes sont remplies tous les dimanches matin, et les fidèles vont se recueillir ou se confesser à presque n&#8217;importe quelle heure, n&#8217;importe quel jour de la semaine.</p>
<p>Ibarra ne fait pas exception à la règle, d&#8217;autant que c&#8217;est une ville diocèse où l&#8217;évêque a résidence  permanente.</p>
<p>J&#8217;aime beaucoup visiter les églises. Dès le moment où je passe la porte sacrée, c&#8217;est comme si une sérénité paisible m&#8217;envahissait. J&#8217;ai visité mosquées et pagodes, mais seulement les églises catholiques me semblent inspirer une paix intérieure. Peut-être est-ce lié aux hauts plafonds et aux échos de piété silencieuse. Ou peut-être est-ce le fait d&#8217;avoir grandi catholique et familière de tels lieux.</p>
<p>Bien entendu, les églises d&#8217;Ibarra m&#8217;ont fait le même effet. La magnifique façade de l&#8217;église de La Merced est dédiée à la Vierge de la Merced qui aurait accompli des miracles il y a plusieurs centaines d&#8217;années. La cathédrale d&#8217;Ibarra, elle, est ornée des plafonds peints typiques du style  colonial.</p>
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		<title>7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JENNA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Jenna hated Quito until two months ago when, to everyone&#8217;s surprise, she declared she was in love with the city and didn&#8217;t want to leave. Loving a foreign city doesn&#8217;t always come easy but persistence goes a long way. Our hats off to you, Jenna! 2. She excels at being a waitress. She loves [...]]]></description>
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<p>1. Jenna hated Quito until two months ago when, to everyone&#8217;s surprise, she declared she was in love with the city and didn&#8217;t want to leave. Loving a foreign city doesn&#8217;t always come easy but persistence goes a long way. Our hats off to you, Jenna!</p>
<p>2. She excels at being a waitress. She loves the job and is great at befriending guests. There&#8217;s no doubt she will be missed at Uncle Ho&#8217;s.</p>
<p>3. Jenna bought a can of pepper spray and a whistle within a month after landing in Quito. Fortunately, she hasn&#8217;t felt the urge nor the need to use them.</p>
<p>4. An aspiring pastry chef, a funny joke teller, a light-on-her-feet dancer and a silent sleeper, Jenna is the perfect traveling companion.</p>
<p>5. Since we set foot upon Ecuadorian soil, she has been obsessed with Ayahuasca. What is it? Some say it is a sacred beverage usually prepared by and for shamans seeking guidance or wanting to foresee the future. Others say it&#8217;s a drug which, despite all the vomiting, gives you the best high. Jenna did A LOT of research on the subject and hopes to set upon an Ayahuasca spiritual journey.</p>
<p>6. Jenna is &#8220;looking for the truth.&#8221; May Ayahuasca help her fulfill this quest.</p>
<p>7. Another of Jenna&#8217;s obsessions since we arrived in Ecuador is Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse. It&#8217;s been a big joke all season long and, at some point, we have all joined her to watch RPATZ fighting the werewolves. Unforgettable, especially when Ryan fastfowarded the movie- dubbed in Spanish- to &#8220;get to the good parts.&#8221; Team Edward or Team Jacob? It&#8217;s a hard call&#8230;</p>
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		<title>BEETLE INVASION</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beetles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Version française plus bas) Quito, Guayaquil&#8230; Ecuador is teeming with beetles. Behind the wheel of those multicolored little bugs are both men and women, the elderly and the youth, the trendy and the old-fashioned. Here, the Beetle is a truly intergenerational little car! * * * * * * * INVASION DE COCCINELLES Quito, Guayaquil&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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<p>Quito, Guayaquil&#8230; Ecuador is teeming with beetles. Behind the wheel of those multicolored little bugs are both men and women, the elderly and the youth, the trendy and the old-fashioned. Here, the Beetle is a truly intergenerational little car!</p>
<div id="attachment_13694" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-13694" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/22/beetle-invasion/dark-green2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-13694          " title="dark green2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dark-green2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dark green beetle</p></div>
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<p>* * * * * * *<br />
<strong>INVASION DE COCCINELLES</strong></p>
<p>Quito, Guayaquil&#8230; l&#8217;Equateur grouille de coccinelles. Derrière le volant de ces petites bestioles, des hommes comme des femmes, des jeunes comme des vieux, des à-la-mode comme des vieux-jeu. Ici, la Coccinelle est une voiture inter-générationelle.</p>
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		<title>COOKING WITH MARIANA</title>
		<link>http://jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/20/cooking-with-mariana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecuadorian cuisine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[french]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[french cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lots of fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who said &#8220;Cooking can&#8217;t be fun&#8221;?! Well, whoever that is, it is not true. Here&#8217;s the proof&#8230; Qui a dit &#8220;Cuisiner, c&#8217;est ennuyeux à mourir&#8221;?! Eh bien il n&#8217;y a rien de plus faux. En voici la preuve&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who said &#8220;Cooking can&#8217;t be fun&#8221;?! Well, whoever that is, it is not true. Here&#8217;s the proof&#8230;</p>
<p><em>Qui a dit &#8220;Cuisiner, c&#8217;est ennuyeux à mourir&#8221;?! Eh bien il n&#8217;y a rien de plus faux. En voici la preuve&#8230;</em></p>
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		<title>HOLY SUN</title>
		<link>http://jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/17/holly-sun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurene</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Season 6: Quito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cristobal ortega]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pre-columbian arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sun museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sun temple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Near el Pululahua volcano is a museum dedicated to the sun and indigenous arts. We weren&#8217;t too sure whether we should do that one for, as soon we entered the courtyard, a loud Inca style music inevitably started to play. &#8220;It smells like a tourist trap,&#8221; Freddie said. But I was curious to see what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Near el Pululahua volcano is a museum dedicated to the sun and indigenous arts. We weren&#8217;t too sure whether we should do that one for, as soon we entered the courtyard, a loud Inca style music inevitably started to play. &#8220;It smells like a tourist trap,&#8221; Freddie said.</p>
<p>But I was curious to see what was inside this intriguing temple, so we went in. There were Pre-Columbian masks and jars, beautiful paintings by indigenous painter Cristobal Ortega and statues adorning the courtyard where solstice and equinox celebrations take place every year.</p>
<div id="attachment_12938" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-12938" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/17/holly-sun/entrance2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-12938   " title="entrance2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/entrance2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Entrance of the Museo Templo Solar de Arte </p></div>
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<div id="attachment_12943" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-12943" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/17/holly-sun/statue12/"><img class="size-large wp-image-12943   " title="statue12" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/statue12-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">In the courtyard where they have solstice and equinox celebrations</p></div>
<div id="attachment_12944" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-12944" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/17/holly-sun/statue22/"><img class="size-large wp-image-12944   " title="statue22" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/statue22-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Another statue where the sun celebrations take place</p></div>
<p>We were also offered a glass of chicha, an energy drink traditionally made by Quechua women masticating corn or yuca. They say every chicha tastes different as each woman&#8217;s bacteria are unique. I had been meaning to try it for months but never had the opportunity. Freddie and Evan hated it. As for me, it reminded me of cadiou, a fermented cashew drink they make in the Senegalese countryside. Only, I think that chicha had been prepared with a blender!</p>
<div id="attachment_12937" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-12937" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/17/holly-sun/empanada-y-chicha2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-12937   " title="empanada y chicha2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/empanada-y-chicha2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Drinking chicha and eating empanada de viento</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_12946" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 614px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-12946" href="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/2010/07/17/holly-sun/first-inca-queen2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-12946   " title="First Inca queen2" src="http://www.jetsetzero.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/First-Inca-queen2-1600x1066.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="410" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Statue of the first Inca queen</p></div>
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<strong>DIVIN SOLEIL</strong></p>
<p>Près du volcan Pululahua, il y a un musée dédié au soleil et aux arts indiens. Nous hésitions à le visiter car dès qu&#8217;on a passé la porte, une forte musique inca nous est parvenue aux oreilles. &#8220;Ca sent le piège à touristes,&#8221; a dit Freddie.</p>
<p>Mais j&#8217;étais curieuse de voir ce qu&#8217;il y avait à l&#8217;intérieur de ce temple intriguant, alors nous sommes rentrés. Nous avons vu des masques et jarres Pré-Colombiennes,  de magnifiques toiles du peintre indien Cristobal Ortega et des statues décorant le patio où tous les ans on fête le solstice et l&#8217;équinoxe.</p>
<p>On nous a aussi offert un verre de chicha, cette boisson énergétique traditionellement préparée par les femmes quichua qui mastiquent de la yuca ou du mais. On dit que chaque chicha est unique due aux bactéries présentes lors de la mastication. Cela faisait des mois que je voulais y goûter sans en avoir eu l&#8217;occasion. Evan et Freddie ont détesté. Quant à moi, ça m&#8217;a rappelé le cadiou, cette boisson à base de pomme de cajou fermentée qu&#8217;on trouve dans la campagne sénégalaise. Seulement, je suis quasiment sûre que cette chicha là avait été préparée au mixeur!</p>
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