Wednesday June 11th
Today we reach Quito, and say goodbye to Gaucho (our trucks name). Hooray. I think a lot of people are beginning to get a bit sick of travelling about on the truck. I've only done about 7000 km on since Santiago, those who have been on it since Rio have done over 21,500 km. Thats a lot of travel.
So this is our last day on the truck, and our last full day on the tour. We had a bit of time to do some more shopping in Otavalo before we left for Quito. On the way we visited the other Equator monument and took all the obligatory photos.
The traffic was pretty bad in Quito, but eventually we got to our hotel and we were able to have a quick look around the new town section of Quito, which is where we were staying, and which is where all the tourist nightlife is. In fact other than Cusco it is really the most touristy place we have been. It is almost like Kho San Road in Bangkok for the amount of backpackers there. So once again it is like the end of my trip is mirroring the beginning of my trip.
We finally were able to get laundry done, but unfortunately it was too late for some of my stuff, which had suffered too much from getting damp in the rainforest and not being able to dry out. It didn't really matter, I was going to have to leave some stuff out in order to bring home some pressies (and someone elses pressies as well) and this just helped me make the choice.
In the evening we went to a place called Vino y Tapas, an all you can east and drink Wine and Tapas bar. I wasn't looking forward to this, as I don't drink wine, but amazingly they gave free beer for those who didn't drink wine. I will repeat this, for $16 you get all the food you can eat, and all the beer (or wine) you can drink. So a fair bit was drunk, and eaten, before some dancing in a dodgy club. It was a good final night together for the group.
Today we reach Quito, and say goodbye to Gaucho (our trucks name). Hooray. I think a lot of people are beginning to get a bit sick of travelling about on the truck. I've only done about 7000 km on since Santiago, those who have been on it since Rio have done over 21,500 km. Thats a lot of travel.
So this is our last day on the truck, and our last full day on the tour. We had a bit of time to do some more shopping in Otavalo before we left for Quito. On the way we visited the other Equator monument and took all the obligatory photos.
The traffic was pretty bad in Quito, but eventually we got to our hotel and we were able to have a quick look around the new town section of Quito, which is where we were staying, and which is where all the tourist nightlife is. In fact other than Cusco it is really the most touristy place we have been. It is almost like Kho San Road in Bangkok for the amount of backpackers there. So once again it is like the end of my trip is mirroring the beginning of my trip.
We finally were able to get laundry done, but unfortunately it was too late for some of my stuff, which had suffered too much from getting damp in the rainforest and not being able to dry out. It didn't really matter, I was going to have to leave some stuff out in order to bring home some pressies (and someone elses pressies as well) and this just helped me make the choice.
In the evening we went to a place called Vino y Tapas, an all you can east and drink Wine and Tapas bar. I wasn't looking forward to this, as I don't drink wine, but amazingly they gave free beer for those who didn't drink wine. I will repeat this, for $16 you get all the food you can eat, and all the beer (or wine) you can drink. So a fair bit was drunk, and eaten, before some dancing in a dodgy club. It was a good final night together for the group.
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