After an exciting morning spent figuring out that the Anti-Malaria tablets were the cause of my suspicious morning nausea (thanks pharmacy and pee-stick), and playing with Oli the hostel puppy, we head out into the world. First stop was the giant Mega supermarket/department store (it was gigantic!) for lunch items - fought my way through the Deli shop, looks like our Spanish is getting better! - olives and bread and sun-dried tomatoes, and artesan beers. The next...

After breakfast in the hostel, we headed off into Quito in search of our stolen belongings (they stole the toilet paper too!). Turns out a 'Centro Commercial Montufar' is the place to go for stolen/'super cheap' electronics. Nine floors later, we gave up searching, and went to the Plaza de Armas to find an information centre. No luck. So we sat down for a coffee and replanned our day. Looking at the map, La Mitad del Mundo looked promising. We jumped on a trolley...