Antinea Hotel Quito

... dreams that would persist for the first few days - ekkkk! Being up so high means that Quito is lovely and warm during the day but at night the temperature drops burrrrrrrrrrrr, I had to buy a hot water bottle on one of the first days! <br><br><br>Quito is best admired from the cable car that takes you further up the mountain and into the clouds to a total of 4050 metres - where there are beautiful views of the city ...

... crown. The alter when we walked in was spectacular as it is a spectacle of gold leaf, a reputed 7 tonnes covering every inch of the divine interior, it is truly amazing. Also in the church we saw two paintings that were quite amazing, one painting of hell and the other of judgment day. Paul Theroux mentions the painting of hell in his book ´The old Patagonian express´ <br><br>´From a little distance this mural seemed to me an accurate representation of a night ...

... stuff in the process. And on that note I will go on to the final chapter of this blog contribution.<br><br>The future<br><br>Thanks to all for staying with me for so long. I hope you found it interesting and not just read it out of pure obligation, in which case you shouldn&#8217;t have had to.<br><br>Tomorrow, Tuesday 13th, I will get up around 4 in the morning, eat a quick breakfast, put my backpack on my shoulders and get into our neighbor&#8217;s cap to go to the airport ...

... adults, $0.30 children. Within 20 minutes we had arrived at the airport. Check-in was painless and the aeroplane left on time at 9-40am.<br><br>The plane stopped at Guayaquil to offload some passengers and collect others. We were there about an hour before departing again. We hardly seemed in the air at all before finally descending to Quito.<br><br>We jumped in a taxi and ...

... to the rim. Once again, the lungs were at full capacity and the path was even steeper than the day before. I eventually found a way not to slip backwards constantly. One foot planted only one boot length in front of the other and one deep breath in on the left foot, one breath out on the right. It was hard work not made easier when Chasqui started singing. *******. Two hours later we reached the top but only after our guide played a jolly jape telling us we were finished when we still ...

... the pictures can describe it a bit better. <br><br>This week has not been incredibly exciting. We have spent most of it apartment hunting. We need something for August 1st when we are leaving our host family. I will post pictures when we decide on something. This coming weekend we are also going with the school on a day trip to Cotopazi (famous volcano). We are hiking up something like 16,000 feet I think. I will let you know how that goes :)<br>

It was time to immerse ourselves in some proper indigenous Ecuadorian culture so we decided to check out the famous Quilota loop. Unlike most people we decided just to base ourselves in the city of Latacunga and do day trips to the villages. Most people do a four day circuit but its freezing here at night and we have had our fair share of hitchiking ...

So, the last entry was pretty hectic. I wrote it quick and short as i could, as th**e w**e many more details i could have dove into. Tomorrow I am off to a new town called canoe. I have yet to leave my original arrival destination quito, but now am v**y anxious to get away from this crazy city. The reason for canoe is its suppose to be a beautiful coastal town on the beach, and one of the hostel own**s is a girl from alaska. So i decided to pop in th**e ...

... I notice that while he has trimmed the entire beard, he seemed to miss my mustache so I added for the second time that i wanted everything cut. He nodded and continued with the shave, which in itself felt really nice. But low and behold when he was finishing up i still had a fatty mustache. I asked him again to cut it all and again he nodded and proceeded to take out his fine scissors and do some detail work on the stash. It´s clear now, the stash is ...