2800m Day of the Dead It was nice to wake up and emerge somewhere that wasn’t Riobamba. Quito is a much bigger city, and our hotel is certainly of a much higher quality than the last. Coffee, unfortunately, consisted of the sludge that too many Americans find palatable, lurking at the bottom of a glass percolator. Not pleasant. However, the croissants were fresh so life wasn’t all too bad. Our guide picked us up just after 8am and we headed off to the chai...

2800m Well, I thought that yesterdays breakfast was interesting. Today we entered the same dining room as last night, again with a distinct lack of patronage and was soon informed that breakfast would be in two stages. Stage 1; we would be served fruit salad, muesli with yoghurt and fruit juice. Stage 2; we would be served eggs with a slice of ham and cheese and bread. It seemed that was only one waiter and one cook, and the stages took a while to complete. T...