\n| \n Although the natural beauty and fantastic food should be enough
\n for anyone, the Dowbrigade has unfortunately been so jaded by our decades
\n in so-called "civilization" that we often feel the need for more sophisticated
\n entertainment. Therefore it was with some surprise and pleasure
\n that on our initial reconnoitering of the latest developments in town
\n (we haven’t been back to Banos in about three years), we discovered a
\n DVD rental shop with many of the latest titles and what looked like a
\n great collection of used paperback books in a new local coffeeshop.<\/p>\n We promptly rented "Kill Bill, vol 2". "Mystic River" and "Troy", all
\n of which came out after we left the States and which we are dying to
\n see. As far as we know, these movies have not been "officially"
\n released on DVD in the US, so these must be pirated copies, a supposition
\n made even more obvious by the price; any three movies, unlimited time,
\n three dollars ($3.00), leave your driver’s licence as security. On our
\n way back to the Sangay, we stopped at the coffee shop and picked three
\n novels, not as new as the movies but ones we wanted to read, one Tom
\n Clancy, one John Grisham, and one Nero Wolfe.<\/p>\n However, not everything is as perfect as we would want it to be, even
\n in this little piece of paradise in the Andes. When we went to
\n pay for the books we were told it was exchange only; we needed to trade
\n in a book of our own, plus pay $1.00. When we explained we were
\n not carrying around any of the books we had already finished and offered
\n to pay $2.00 for each of the worn paperbacks, we were told, sorry, no
\n exchange, no books.<\/p>\n Then when we got back to our hotel room, we discovered that none of
\n the movies would play on our iBook! They were not even real DVD’s, but
\n extended play video CD’s, and try as we might we could not get Quicktime
\n player to fire them up, or convert them into a watchable format.<\/p>\n So today we have our eyes peeled for any discarded books, or sympathetic
\n travelers who might be persuaded to part with one of theirs. And
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