Quito, Ecuador

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Got to Quito early in the morning after quite the bus ride from Mancora, Peru. The main highway running north and south through Ecuador is far from smooth or strait and definitely made it hard to sleep. Besides the fact that my seat did not recline because I was right up against the bathroom. We where also stopped three separate times for the bus and it´s passengers to be searched for drugs and whatever else.

We took a taxi from the terminal to the center and burnt some time at the Internet cafe waiting for mike´s peace corp friend to get out of work so we could bring our bags and belongings to his house. After we got our things situated we got some food and just took it easy for the rest of the night.

The following couple days we explored the city as much as possible. One highlight was the cathedral that dominates the skyline of Quito. We paid our two dollars to explore the whole thing and even got to climb all three towers all the way up to the tops. They let you stand out on the top of the steeple, outside and without any ropes or rails on a 2 foot area. Kind of sketchy but a very beautiful building and impressive as always as most of the cathedrals and iglesias usually are.

Unfortunately I broke my camera on the first day in Quito and had to borrow a lot of pictures from mike and kilo or borrowed their cameras to take pictures. we definitely did a lot of walking around to shop for a new one. It turned out to be a good way to see the city because apparently they people in Quito don´t believe in quality cameras. (I´m done complaining now.)

The rest of our stay in Quito was great and was refreshing to stay with friends in an actual house and not having to deal with the other occupants of a dorm room. Thanks Wes! Off to Cali, Columbia!