Equador, the first Week.

Hola
So we have now been in Ecuador for 1 full week, and figured it was time to start our blog (also our hostel has free internet). We arrived in Quito a mere 14 hours later than planned, due to bad weather. The good news is we were put up in a wonderful room in the Hilton in Guayaquil (a town on the coast), where we enjoyed a full 3 hours of sleep before we had to be back at the airport. Nonetheless we made it safely, and spent 5 stressful days in Quito, trying not to be hit by the crazy drivers, who announce their arrival into busy intersections with a honk, but no deceleration. The busy city grew on us as we learned to navigate the bus system ($0.25!) and did some exploring.
Our first major outing was to the city of El Mitad del Mundo, through which runs the supposed equator. We visited not one, but two museum/theme parks which both claim to showcase the real equator (the proof is in the paint on the sidewalk). One of them was quite cool, giving a tour with lots of experiments ¨proving¨ its latitude, including tubs with draining water and eggs balancing on nails, although no gps. It was actually a cool tour, also giving lots of info on Ecuador´s history and Quechua culture. The whole day was really nice, and also our first day with sunshine (that´s right all you Vancouverites, you needn´t be too jealous, we had a good 3 days of steady rain).


The internet here is free but it is not unlimited, and sadly that is all we can post for today. Although the adventures we´ve had since the equator trip have been far greater, one of us is a slow typer....grrr. Alas, we will return with further updates. Thanks for checking our blog! More photos to come as well... they take a long time to upload so we could only do one today, but there´s many more to come!