Quito

Back in the capital of Ecuador, Quito.

Said Goodbye this morning and went with the bus from Zuleta to Ibarra, from Ibarra to Quito and with the Taxi to the hostel. Found the office of the lodge in Yasuni I´ll be visiting next month and paid - have I mentioned that I hated ecuadorian banks? :)

Tomorrow noon I´m taking an inland flight to Manta and from there a bus to Puerto Lopez, close to Machalilla Park. Hoping for seabirds, snorkeling and sun ;).

Right now Im trying to find malaria pills (yeeeees, I should have bought them at home, but for the condor place you don't need them...) that work. "Funnily" enough the pharmacies seem to only sell stuff that the ecuadorian plasmodium has long since developed resistencies against...
Mum, you just didn´t read this, ok ? ! :)

Ok, back to the busy streets (it´s a kind of fiesta today), city wandering, trying to learn spanish, figuring out Quito, good food, strolling aimlessly, looking for pharmacies and a camera shop...