The absolute best thing about Quito so far is fruit shops! In the morning trucks from the coastal region arrive full of bananas onions papya grapefruit and a bunch of other fresh foods I have no idea what they are. I look forward to going where the trucks come from! I really recommend staying with a family when you are trying to learn a language (if you have the money... ). It's been two nights and every morning is different. You learn when you ask questions as well. This morning we talked of the infilling that has occurred in the Quito valley. Great amounts of earth have been put into small streams and depressions and then houses built on top. the side effect to this is of course a heightened ground water table, increased damages during earthquakes due to unconsolidated fill foundations, and lower flows leaving the city as groundwaters are pumped for other purposes.
Recently I went to Mindo for a weekend. It is a small Eco-touristy place where you can watch butterflies and hummingbirds all day long. Slept at TiaMely's Hostal and took nice long walks everyday, Unfortunately also got more mosquito bites than I have ever had in my life. Here is also a mule carrying irrigation/water tubing. I see a good amount of that here. Usage of animal and human power in rural pueblos.
This is Jonny and me, we worked painting the hostal for our rent.
Now I am staying with his family in South Quito...like an hour bus ride from the center. Quito is huge. Something I didn't realize walking around with my LonelyPlanet map in the center. Don't just be a tourist...do it yourself. You wont be sorry.
On my first morning we had a cow tongue and stomach with plantain and rice. I am not sure...but I think Jhonny's mom Gloria was testing me....hmmmm. It was a kind of difficult brekkie for someone wo prefers vegetarian. But in Latin America it is still a little hard to eat vegetarian.... so I choose to compromise.
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