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Images of Shell, Ecuador
We find Shell a great place to live. There are some things we miss about home, but there are some advantages to living where we do.

Shell This is the main street through town. Can you spot the blond gringo in the picture?
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Mangos This little girl is helping her mom sell mangos. This is at a shop where we buy rotissieri chicken.
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Shell This is the street that you take to get to the HCJB Vozandes Hopital. There is a great place to have shoes repaired on this street.
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Salchi Papas This lady sells 'Salchi Papas', which are french fries with little hot dogs.
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Bus The bus is a great way to get around. A five-mile trip to Puyo will cost about twenty cents.
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Taxi This is a taxi. You probably think it holds about ten or twelve people. We've see twenty or more riding on one! Did you know you can fit four people on the back bumper?
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Shell Here's an arial view of Shell showing the civilian half of the town. On the other side of the airstrip is the military base.
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Elyn Ellyn gets her nails done for a dollar. David gets his hair cuts at this shop for sixty cents.
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David and Ellyn Hoffman
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