Thursday June 12th
This is the actual last day of the trip. Some people are leaving before the end of the day, and it is all a bit sad. It is like the last day of school. There are some people you may see again, some you may never see again, and some you don't really want to see again. And some you really do.
Anyway before Sara left we went down to the Old Town part of Quito to see the old colonial architecture. We've been to some UNESCO heritage city centres in south America, but this is by far the best (they give out this status a bit easier in South America to prevent local governments from destroying them). The highlight though is actually quite new, the Basilica. It is modelled on Notre Dame, and it is pretty amazing.
We had a nice dinner in a restaurant on the main plaza. It was a bit misleading though, it is described as a balcony restaurant, so we were expecting overlooking the plaza, instead we got overlooking a courtyard in the archbishops palace which is now a food court.
After that it was time to drop Sara off at the airport, before heading to lunch with some of the others. We made our goodbyes then because most of them would be off in the morning, and as I was feeling a bit unwell again (I will be really glad to leave South America and the sickness that it often brought me).
This is the actual last day of the trip. Some people are leaving before the end of the day, and it is all a bit sad. It is like the last day of school. There are some people you may see again, some you may never see again, and some you don't really want to see again. And some you really do.
Anyway before Sara left we went down to the Old Town part of Quito to see the old colonial architecture. We've been to some UNESCO heritage city centres in south America, but this is by far the best (they give out this status a bit easier in South America to prevent local governments from destroying them). The highlight though is actually quite new, the Basilica. It is modelled on Notre Dame, and it is pretty amazing.
We had a nice dinner in a restaurant on the main plaza. It was a bit misleading though, it is described as a balcony restaurant, so we were expecting overlooking the plaza, instead we got overlooking a courtyard in the archbishops palace which is now a food court.
After that it was time to drop Sara off at the airport, before heading to lunch with some of the others. We made our goodbyes then because most of them would be off in the morning, and as I was feeling a bit unwell again (I will be really glad to leave South America and the sickness that it often brought me).
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