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Article: QUITO AFFORDABLE FOR TRAVELERS.(TRAVEL)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- March 3, 1996
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Jay Clarke Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire
Behold! A place where the U.S. dollar is still high and mighty.
Although the American greenback has been taking a shellacking in many other parts of the world, it's alive and well in Ecuador.
My wife bought a vest for $3.60, a couple of leather belts for $5 each, a Panama hat for $4 and several ceramic necklaces for $5 each. I priced a handwoven wool sweater for $16. Taxi fares are usually a dollar or two. The most we ever paid was $3, for a trip that took at least 20 minutes.
Four of us went out to dinner one night at a fine Italian restaurant with a panoramic view of Quito and paid a ...
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