Pics

Thought I´d finish off my trip in America with a healthy meal - ahh...salad. And not just any salad - a big salad (can´t you just hear Elaine saying it - i know i can´t resist saying it like that, as Emily well knows =) - it was absolutely gigantic! i love it...

View from plane - you can see how quito is this big city in amongst all these mountains. It looks amazing.

My first meal in Quito, and with my family too. The dad on the left, Gonzalos, mother, Esperanza and older brother Danilo. The other brother, and the one who set up the whole homestay thing - Gabriel or Gabo, with one of their puppies.

My first postre (dessert) - i think it was fig with cheese and this really sweet sauce, that tasted rock sugar-y. Was pretty nice.

This is the heart of the old city. Really beautiful.


I was in the old city with the mum and her sister - i totally had to bend down really far to take this shot =)
Mote con chichorron - Gabo took me out with his friends to have this local specialty. It is basically massive white corn kernels on the bottom, with pork on top, a banana, potato and a sweet empanada. Was pretty nice, but really filling.
My room.

La mitad del mundo -am standing right on the equator.

At the top of the volcano crater, called Pululahua. Not much of a view, since the entire crater´s filled with clouds.
At the bottom of the crater, they grow corn and Luis is showing one off that we just freshly plucked.

View from bottom of the crater.
My gashed knee with special herbal paste Luis applied to it while on the trail.

The clinic I´m now volunteering at 4 days a week.