So, after my summit of Cotapaxi it was time to do touristy stuff and so off I went to see the Equator with a spanish couple on their honeymoon and Andy a kiwi chap. There are two equator sites as one is in the wrong spot following a gps survey by the US government some 15 years ago but this only meant that we had to get photos of having a foot in each hemisphere at both sites. Possible a ploy to get more tourista pesetos. Anyway, in the process we saw shrunken...

So out of the Amazonas and into Quito, the Capital of Equador. I´m really happy to be in a Spanish speaking county as I speak loads more Spanish than Portugese, which still isn´t much. It´s much colder here (at 2800m) but a welcome change to the Amazon. I spend the first day wandering around the new town, which is apparently super dangerous at night time with numerous stories spreading around the hostel about muggings.....maybe chinese whispers, not sure. ...