.htaccess - friendly URL - two variables in the URL with htaccess -

i need me url rewriting using .htaccess.

i use url:

www.mydomain.com/page.php?var1=ny&var2=new york

and convert to:

www.mydomain.com/page1/new york

that should done without losing first parameter of course.

perhaps (with appropriate rewritebase):

            rewriterule ^page.php?var1=([^&]+)&var2=([^&])$ /page1/$2?var1=$1 [l,r]

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