Today was a long day travelling, we left Galápagos at 9.30, got a taxi, boat, bus, plane, and another taxi and are now tucking into a McDonalds in Quito which we've been dreaming of all day. We didn't have accommodation booked but turned up to a hostel recommended in the lonely planet which turned out to be a bargain, $7.50 a night including breakfast. We went straight away to book our weekends activities, a two day tour starting Sunday to the Quilatoa Crater a...

After greeting the girls at 2am we decided to have a quiet-ish day around Quito, starting with breakfast in the central market with the locals. If nothing else we realised that café leche is really weak, milky, sugary coffee, just as Nathan likes it (as you can't taste any coffee). We caught a taxi to the TelefériQo (cable car) for some impressive views of the city, although we were slightly underprepared for the wind and cold in our flip flops and t-shirts wh...

Arrived safely at Colonial House Hostel at 1.30am..ready for a good nights sleep! On Monday morning we had a stroll around the old part of Quito where our hostel is. It's much warmer than we were expecting for the highest capital in the world (2850m) and everyone seems really friendly. We decided to head to la Mitad del Mundo (middle of the world) 22km North of Quito,where you can stand on either side of the equator (2 buses and 1 1/2 hour journey for $0.50). T...