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Old Town. We are staying in new town, so we decided to visit some of the old buildings and churches and stuff, which I actually find to be pretty outrageously boring. - IMG 2851 003
Mitad del Mundo. A monument erected on the equator, which is about 30km north of Quito. Quite impressive, even though it's about 100m off the actual mark, which they discovered only six years ago using GPS and GIS. Oops! - IMG 2694 001
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We visited Parque Carolina, a huge park in the middle of Quito, which was quite nice, though mostly bereft of people. - IMG 2678 005
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This as a picture of Pablo Castro, our excellent Spanish teacher with whom we had daily 4-hour lessons in the first floor of the Panchos' residence, which serves as a German language school in the afternoon. - IMG 2852 003
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Gerber daisies in buckets getting ready to be shipped out, with netting around the blooms to protect them. - IMG 2707
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Here is a veiw over a large part of the farm, which mostly grows one kind of flower, Liatris, which have long spikes which eventually bloom into purple flowers. - IMG 2704
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On the next weekend (Bryan's last), Adrean took us out to his flower farm (if US customs asks, I was never on any farm), and that of his brother. We brought along his two children, Renata (3) and Adrean (5). - IMG 2869
All of the unused plant matter is composted and used as fertilizer - IMG 2711
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At his brother's farm, another kind of flower called "Million Stars." You can see why. - IMG 2701
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While not a rose, this thornless flower is also grown and comes in colors you just can't get roses. - IMG 2679 005
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On the farm, all of the flower beds have seeping hoses that precisely control the amount of water and fertilizer delivered. These are the tanks that hold the fertilizer and the pumps and such that control them.