Eugenia Hotel Quito

... had enough. It was just loud and obnoxious and dirty and people haggling everything, everywhere. We can get that anywhere. We could get that back home. The small town of Guatape was so quaint and nice with it´s little plaza and streets all lined with original painted artwork decorating each building or facade. Residents of that town probably had enough of Medellin as well.<br><br>Solento and the Zona Caferta (Coffee Growing ...

... I thought it might actually have been a mixture of guava and a banana but when I asked Lorena this she laughed quite a lot... She said it is a fruit typical of the coast and common in Peru but this was all I could comprehend. I shall definitely be keeping a look out for it though on my travels.<br><br>On the way home I noticed for the first time the Quito version of a parking meter... it was a man :) The poor guy, dressed from top to toe in a ...

... at the next place we stay - we want to rent another apartment in either Cuenca or Loja, where ever we can find a good deal and there isn´t too much congestion. Ryan and I have realized we are not big city people anymore. A city about the size of Red Deer or Medicine Hat, or St. Albert, suits us just fine. <br><br>Please keep us in your prayers. We feel good so far, no security or big health concerns and we are thankful for this.<br><br><br><br>

... blog. Was a great view though.<br><br>On the way back we saw a sign offering Spanish classes so we stopped to enquire and ended up forking over US$470 to go on a 5 day jungle tour/Spanish class thing. We leave on Friday and spend 4 nights and 5 days in the jungle. We have classes from 7-9am, then go on excursions into the jungle during the day, then come back and do 2 more hours of classes from 5-7pm. We are very excited. Apparently we can see ...

So as the title describes, the worst, most interesting, happiest day of my life accord today. I woke up at 6 in the morning for some reason, its been happening awhile in the new world. Anyways at around noon I decided to take a stroll around the city. Not far from my hostel about only a quarter mile away was an overp************** day seemed odd, ugly equatorians were giving me ugly looks... Go figure right. So I decided to go down to ...

... airport, I checked into my first class and realized that I also had the ability to go to the Admirals Club (VIP) prior to my flight. Never been there before, I walked right up there, had my mamosa and danish, while looking out the window at my snow covered plane. Strange to see 6 inches of new snow when I am taking off to a place that is so hot. The gentlemen next to me in first class was a large business man ...