Quito

So far, Quito has been my least favorite place, even though I wound up with some pretty great pictures.

 

 

 

The three of us have largely been doing our own thing.

Elizabeth met a pretty cool guy and has been spending some time with him.

Josh and I signed up for some salsa lessons. The deal was 10 lessons for $80, and I have to say it’s been worth it.

 

 

We’ve been spending a lot of our time near an area called Plaza Foch. We think it’s kind of like Quito’s version of Times Square.

My biggest issue with Quito is that it’s expensive, and the expense isn’t even worth the cost that you’re paying. The other night I got some fajitas for dinner at a Mexican restaurant. The fajitas were $11 US, and they were, without a doubt, the worst fajitas I’ve ever had. It’s like adding insult to injury.

On the other hand, if you know where to go, you can get some food that’s delicious and cheap.

Down the street from my current hostel is a restaurant with rotisserie chicken. You get chicken foot soup (which is DELICIOUS, by the way), rotisserie chicken, rice, home-made french fries, a side, and a soda for $3.25. It’s an amazing deal and the food is wonderful.

Unfortunately, it’s much more common to get expensive, crappy food than it is to get delicious, cheap food. I think we’ve all run over-budget on what we were planning to spend here.

Today is a busy day. Elizabeth and I are going to visit Mitad Del Mundo, a tourist attraction built on the equator. It’s an hour drive there and back. After that, I have my final salsa lesson. Once I finish salsa, Josh and I are going to hit the road and go to Tena, Ecuador. It’s in the rain forest, which means we will need bug repellent to drive away mosquitoes. Elizabeth should be joining us tomorrow.

After Tena we will begin working our way toward Lima, the capital of Peru.