Hosteria La Estacion Quito

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

... stop over of 30mins in Guayaquil... I finally arrived in Quito.
Note to BA and other large airlines ... they should take a leaf out of south american airlines book, as you even get sandwich & a coffee on the shortest of flights (30mins), which also cost less!
Yes I have changed my journey due to the fact that I appeared to be travelling in the opposite direction to everyone so I decide to join the flow as opposed to going against it.

Quito, Ecuador oltona

... and dribbled on me, knocked his bag into my head and his girlfriend barged past and elbowed me... a brawl started at the front and eventually they fell off the bus.... abnd then started to get rocks and started throwing them at each other... the bus stopped... so I panicked thinking they were going to get back on, but I think he was collecting the family he had just dropped off at teh same stop.... we then went around the corner and dropped the family off ...

... of introspection. Now I want to return to the concept of participant observation.
Hanne Warming, a Danish anthropologist, writes in her paper “Erkendelse gennem Oplevelse” (“Realizing through Experiencing” – my translation) about how she in a day care institution for small children, aged 3-5 years old, gets access to otherwise inaccessible knowledge by letting herself being absorbed by the children’s points of view. She argues, the way I understand ...

... it's not possible. No, it's not possible, the boy working on G's shoes agrees. It's not possible for my friend, but it's very possible for me. I am the best shoe-shiner! We laugh, the crowd growing to five boys by the time G's shoes are finished. They look darn good for industrial work boots! He hands the kid 50 cents and we go on our way.

At the Plaza San Francisco, we settle on the steps in front of Ecuador's oldest church to work out a plan for the day. We watch as ...

... one child was looking for lice in the teacher’s hair

• 2 boys were climbing up a tree in order to get to the rooftop of the orphanage; both of them did not respond willingly to my urgent shouts to get down

• One girl persistently sits on my lap, and gives me the biggest hugs, while sniffing me (Yep, Ate Jing, she sniffed me!) and trying to eat my clothes

• ...

I left Barriloche, Argentina last Sunday night and finally got up to Quito early Saturday morning. Only one night, in Lima, did I sleep in a bed. All other nights were aboard buses. Lima was also the only place I was able to take a shower. An icy cold one at that. I would have given my first born for 3 minutes of warm water. I really felt for the Ecuadorian lady sitting next to me Friday night. I must have smelt like a Bonnaroo port a potty. I think that was ...

... on a tour to Otavalo, the famous market selling all manner of handicrafts and an excellent opportunity for both shopping and taking very colourful photos, which are shown. Next we went to a waterfall surrounded by a man made eucalyptus forest, a place of slightly unnatural beauty!

Next was a shop where we could view demonstrations of how the llama and alpaca wools were
woven with older and modern techniques. Many of the dyes used in the production of these ...