Quito, Part 2

After the wonder of the Galapagos we were a little disappointed to return to the concrete pick-pocketing jungle of Quito and after the Galapagos, we had spent up! Ollie ran straight to an internet café, "Got to upload the photos, I’ll see you tonight" and so I was left wondering what to do with myself. He spent two days solid in that internet café, I couldn’t get him out for love nor money. I window shopped, read books, watched bad cheesey cable movies and treated myself to an expensive imported English magazine. It was a wonderful two days. We found a pizza place that did a beer, salad and pizza for US$3.80 so lived there at meal times.

The last night in Quito was actually the first night of the next leg and we had new people joining so we all went out for a group meal. At a Mongolian grill, you pick your food and sauces and they stir-fry it in front of you. This was a brilliant choice for us as it was a set price, eat AND DRINK as much as you want . I had huge bowls of tofu and maize, Ollie had bowls of meat, meat and calamari and meat. The cocktails were included in the 'AND DRINK' bit, so the whole group took great advantage of this. I was on Godfathers (whiskey and amaretto) and Ollie was on Black Russians. It was quarter final night for football and Quito had just won against Boca Juniors and so the streets were full of people celebrating, jumping on cars and dancing in the streets and piling into restaurants to continue the fun, which gave the place a great atmosphere. Everyone was wasted after 3 hours of free cocktails and we all piled into a local salsa club. After a few hours boogying we headed back, the streets were still lively with people and so we took a risk by actually walking the 3 blocks home after a great night.