Hola  New Zealand!   A few more oddities of Ecuador...tiny dogs dressed up in costumes, including booties and hats, puppies for sale on the street, everywhere are policia and the army with their weapons  including shot guns, swords and even a couple of spears, fairly disconcerting! The official road code is beep at everyone, other tourists tend to be rude americans, the local girls are prone to giving me (Acacia) disapproving stares. Everyone second shop (or more) is a shoe shop...
Here are some photos of us sightseeing in Quito...

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Cache way up high on the Basilica

Basilica stained glass

View from our first hotel of  Santa Domingo Square

Pete on the Basilica with a koru

Basilica

posing at the cultural Centre

Cathedral at Independance Square