Quito is full of life!

June 4th, 2009 by eanzalone

Today was incredible. What an adventure. We sure are exhausted though. We must have walked at least 8 or 9 miles today up to the statue and capital buildings of Quito.

We started the morning wtih some pasteries from across the street from our hostal. We sleppt in until 9 this morning and missed breakfast at the hostal. And then off we went..for miles and miles. Up hills and rough, busy streets. We had a great time, took wonderful pictures. When we got back in the area of Mariscal, where our hostal is, we had lunch and then came back to rest. We checked our email and surprisingly, a woman from the Knox Sentinel is writing a story about us! We had an emailed interview to fill out and send back to her. When we find out when the story is to be published, we will let you all know cause we want a few copies of the newspaper! So please help us on that one!

Today was also great because we met a girl, Priya, here at the hostal who goes to Vanderbilt! We were astounded. And not only does she go to school in TN, but just got back from the Galapagos from the same volunteer program. She let us in on everything we needed to know. She had a wonderful time, saw incredible beaches! Told us there is a bar 10 minutes from the reserve where they go every night. She said no one is from America, mostly England and Germany. She said everyone was nice and the work isn’t hard. We found out that we only work Monday through Thursday. On Friday’s the reserve leader takes us on an all day hike, taking volunteers to secluded beaches and other prominant highpoints, such as a freshwater swimming hole. No tourists will get to see what we will! We can’t wait.

Buenos Noche!

Ian and Erin