Quito

this weekend we took a trip to Otavalo, with a 2 night stop in the capitol of quito on the way. Quito was what we expected of a. big city. got in very late the first night and uber eats’d McDonalds. what a comfort we take for granted at home 🤣. After we went to sleep and woke up bright and early the next morning to go ride the TeleferiQo, a 2000 m gondola ride from the outskits of quito to one of the highest points in the surrounding areas... What a veiw! The altitude was a whopping 14000ft, so we of course we're all somewhat suffering in some way, despite this though, we enjoyed the beautiful veiw of quito (which is huge) and got to swing at the highest point. There's a 40 km trail from the TeleferiQo, which we would have loved to hike, but unfortunately didn't have time. After we walked around and did some shopping, getting any imported or rare goods we couldn't get in our small city of Guaranda, and went home for a nap before going to party. After the nap Elea and I met up with Kamila at a cute little cafe/ restaurant with a beautiful veiw of the city... We enjoyed a beer, but with the price per bottle being set at $4 per beer, we opted to instead go back to our hostel and indulge in the bottle of Rum we had brought with us, initially thinking it was tequila... Embaressing to be corrected by another hostel goer... Regardless, alcohol in our system, and new friends made we split the cost of a taxi to the party district where we initially tried to go to a gay bar, but were turned away for lack of ID from a member of our party. We ended up at another club which didn't charge anuthing. And thankfully because of our rum, we didn't need to pay for any drinks. This is where it starts to get fuzzy for me, but I remember it was a great time, despite having a hard time getting home 😳Read more