Lately we have been going on lots of exciting, and possibly fatal adventures, which has of course been great fun.
On my second day here we went to see the famous virgin, atop a large hill. She was very tall. To indicate height here you do not hold your hand parallel to the ground as you would do in our culture, but perpendicular. We saw her late at night and there was a large neon sign near her celebrating Quito´s 200th anniversity.
Aside from exporing the city, we have also been to visit "Mitad del Mundo", which one would assume is the exact center of the world, where the equator hits. Jaja, well they got us there. I was joking with Yoni that one day they would figure out that the equador was actually like 5 feet to the left of the "equator" line that was drawn in the plaza and they would have to reconfigure the entire monument, however such is near truth! The actual equator is outside of the park, on the other side of a brick wall, but since there was already a road there, the tourist trapper wanted to build a plaza in honor of the equator anyways so they simply built it wrong. Aye los mios.
I have photos of both these invigorating events, but since the host family´s internet is down right now we are at an internet cafe and I didn´t want to bring my camera so that I could upload the pictures, however as soon as things are working properly I will be right on it.
Ciao!
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None of that sounds particularly fatal, but it does sound quite exciting.
ReplyDeleteHow is the volunteering aspect going?
haha, Yoni went on a amusment park ride without seatbelts, and hiking without a proffesional guide. We have gotten in a unmarked taxi and eaten vegetables that we were not sure had been clearned with antibacterial.
ReplyDeleteok...so far you seem to be in a good mood and don't feel sick....just make sure you drink a lot of bottle water :)
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