The journeys and discoveries of Peter Jenner
In order to make best use of the opportunity I have to experience the life and culture of Ecuador I am spending my first month here studying Spanish. I have already tried to get some fluency by completing Duo Lingo and many levels of Rosetta Stone, but this has never given me the confidence to […]
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I woke up this morning at 2800 metres above sea level, in the city of Quito, Ecuador, pondering why when I make coffee here it is never really hot? Of course, the answer is something to do with Altitude. At sea level, and I do live at or near sea level in England, water boils
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So, we are safely in Ecuador now, and looking back it was not a bad trip, but it was not an uneventful trip and the first event was the Avianca Airline Computer refusing to check me in! For about 20 minutes I was standing at the Avianca Check in desk in Heathrow Terminal Two wondering
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Thank you to my friends at the St. Christopher Episcopal Mission in Cuenca who are arranging for me to attend the consecration of Revd. Juan Carlos Quiñonez Mera, as the 4th Bishop of Central Ecuador. The ceremony is taking place on 17th May 2022 at the Catedral de El Señor, Quito. It is such a
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We are in Ecuador! Here is how we travelled: We have decided to fly Avianca, from London to Quito via Bogota, Columbia. This will allow us to leave the UK in the evening on the 22:40 flight, arriving in Quito at 9:10. Unfortunately that means our stopover is from 3:15 to 7:25hrs. All times local!!
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