“Yo quito se dablo enchalada porquesa in quinto minuto! But I don't speak spanish.”

“Yo quito se dablo enchalada porquesa in quinto minuto! But I don't speak spanish.”

Well we are here, South America. The trek through the Americas has allowed us to catch election fever in the US capital Washington and the historically predictive state of Missouri, then moving through bandit country in Central America… and elections in Nicaragua (won by Daniel Ortega's leftist Sandinistas), before arriving here in the land of the south to continue our Americas experience.

Yes we are in Quito a city which as far as I am aware is the 2nd highest capital in the world. The temperature is similar to that of Spring in the UK with sunshine days and cool nights. Slightly odd if you think that we are just 35km from the equator!

As for our plans now, well after joining the South American Explorers club in its headquarters in Quito http://www.saexplorer.org/, and have been gathering information for the remainder of the trip. As far as accommodation goes we are also now in a family stay with a Ecuadorian apartment that overlooks the city and the volcano. All very pleasant and very good for Spanish practice.