Tuesday, January 20 We woke up around 9 am, had breakfast at the hotel and came back to the room to watch Barak Obama’s inauguration ceremony. We have been waiting for this moment ever since we left Seattle, hoping we could be somewhere in a bar with a bunch of Americans getting drunk on beer […]
Wednesday, January 21 We woke up early, had a quick grocery store breakfast of oatmeal cookies and yogurt and were on our way to Quito. We continued riding through the Andes, surrounded by mountains on both sides, though not as spectacular as in prior days, the scenery was still very pleasant and we stopped frequently […]
Thursday, January 22 We slept in until 9:30 am, and by the time we rolled out of our room in hopes of having breakfast at the hostel, they could only serve us coffee and one glass of juice. We weren’t particularly impressed with our hostel and it was not available to us the next day, […]