After returning from the Galapagos Islands, I have kind of made Quito my home base for a few weeks. Unfortunately, like an idiot, I lost my camera that served so well for 16 months. Fortunately, I purchased the exact same camera on an E-bay auction and they are getting quite cheap! Unfortunately, it's taking a while to get here. Fortunately, there's plenty to see and do here in Quito to keep me entertained. Unfortunately, I can't show you pictures of any of it du...

Since visiting the center of the planet, I have explored more around Quito, went to a local soccer game at the stadium, an indigenous market in Otovalo, and completed another week of spanish school. They have rules in spanish that don't exist in english and trying to figure them out during conversations in buses, noisy nightclubs, and from taxi drivers is like trying to teach myself advanced quantum physics. So it was back to school for me. Last Sunday, I took o...

Five and half hours after crossing the border into Ecuador, I arrived in the capital city of Quito. At 2850 meters(about 9400 feet) in elevation, this is the second highest capital city in the world. I checked into one of the zillion hostels mentioned in the guide book and discovered they have free rum and coke night every Monday, Wed. and Friday. Good deal! They mix several bottles in a big pot and you just help yourself. I explored downtown Quito for a day. Th...