- TRIP TO THE EQUATOR: Very cool... witnessed a test to show how water drains clockwise and counter clockwise, pending on which hemisphere you´re in. Not sure how factual that is, but my eyes were convinced! And because of the gravitational pull (again, not really sure how scientific it is), you can balance an egg on the head of a nail... which I did (was the only one in our group) and won an official certificate for my visit. :) We also learned about the indigenous people of Ecuador and how the men´s normal dress was nothing but a piece of string wrapped around their waist... with the hoo-ha pulled up and strapped underneath the string!
- TELEFERIQO: Took a cable car up to 4,000km, which is ridiculously high up... so much so that you can feel it when breathing... the pressure makes it a bit uncomfortable, which is a bit worrying since we´re going to climb Cotopaxi (2nd highest summit in Ecuador) and that´s almost 6,000km! Anyway, great views of the city, which I´ll post later.
- CITY: The main areas are the New City and Old City, which is pretty self-explaining... The Old City is quite beautiful, in that all the old buildings are untouched (by law).
Detailed Account
- Hostel: Le Galeria for $8pp - not bad, basic, but had hot water and free internet. The hot water was amazing, especially after having little to no shower on the Galapagos boat.
- Two nights in Quito... First night, we met up with Holger, Gerda and the Kimberleys for an all you can eat Mongolian BBQ buffet for only $6! YUMMY! Second night, Holger & Gerda left... so it was just us and the Kimberleys for dinner at the Fox Cave for seafood and ceviche, which was alright... nothing special. After dinner, we had dessert at this placed called the Coffeetree and I ordered an Irish Whiskey for $5.50, which is quite expensive in South American terms. Mark gave me a disapproving look for that. Oh well.
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