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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>cheapbag214s</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://picsrv.fora.pl/Aeolus/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon 20:25, 15 Jul 2013<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Reading the cloud atlas in snowy hills above Quito</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Reading the cloud atlas in snowy hills above Quito <br />Every day that people walked in Ecuador there was a feeling of magic,<a href="http://rogervivierweddingshoes.olimx.com/" target="_blank" class="postlink"><span style="font-weight: bold">roger vivier shoes new york</span></a>, also it was little wonder which i was thinking of Lord of the Rings. <br />Ecuador is really a green land with mighty plains, interspersed with cloud-capped mountains. 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