So I know it's really random of me to put up pictures...but I recently spent about a month in ecuador with a friend of mine (he's registered on the forums as danielaragon) and thought I would share some pictures.
sorry that they're so low quality but I uploaded them to my facebook and didn't keep larger copies for myself
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the big mountain is actually an active volcano called cotopaxi (around 15,000ft). The big globe is "mitad del mundo" middle of the world. The guy with the mp5 was in a very touristy area....lots of guns in ecuador...most gas stations have at least 3 guys with shotguns. In the second to last picture thats a huge sea of fog behind me and beneath that there is an entire city. The last picture is me very drunk 
if you haven't been already, ecuador and south america in general is one of those places you should definitely see before you die. I pretty much had the best time of my life so far there (it helps that I had a great host too)