We arrived in Quito on Friday evening and checked into our hostel. The view from the balcony of the city lights was amazing. We were excited.
The next morning we went to the Otavalo Market, a lovely 2 hour bus ride through really nice mountain scenery. I had high expectations for the market but was left disappointed - lots of vendors selling the same thing, nothing original, everything overpriced. Unfortunately I cant add any pictures of Otavalo or the amazing view from our hostel because on the way back we were robbed on the bus and amoungst other things we lost the camera.
I'm calm about it now but for most of yesterday I was angry and bitter (way more than usual). What a miserable way to arrive in a country, Quito is actually very pretty but I just couldn't enjoy it. The police were very nice, we went to the station to do the police report and my guess is this happens all the time because the procedure was very slick. Hilariously, they gave us tourist brochures when we left....its too late buddy I already hate Quito.
We had to replace a bunch of stuff today...waste of time and money but I no longer want to murder the fucker, so on balance, a good day. I'm sad to report that the people we've encountered here are not particularly friendly or helpful and on top of the theft, I'm just not loving Quito. We are off to the Quilotoa Loop tomorrow so some pictures from the new camera and a better attitude should follow.
The next morning we went to the Otavalo Market, a lovely 2 hour bus ride through really nice mountain scenery. I had high expectations for the market but was left disappointed - lots of vendors selling the same thing, nothing original, everything overpriced. Unfortunately I cant add any pictures of Otavalo or the amazing view from our hostel because on the way back we were robbed on the bus and amoungst other things we lost the camera.
I'm calm about it now but for most of yesterday I was angry and bitter (way more than usual). What a miserable way to arrive in a country, Quito is actually very pretty but I just couldn't enjoy it. The police were very nice, we went to the station to do the police report and my guess is this happens all the time because the procedure was very slick. Hilariously, they gave us tourist brochures when we left....its too late buddy I already hate Quito.
We had to replace a bunch of stuff today...waste of time and money but I no longer want to murder the fucker, so on balance, a good day. I'm sad to report that the people we've encountered here are not particularly friendly or helpful and on top of the theft, I'm just not loving Quito. We are off to the Quilotoa Loop tomorrow so some pictures from the new camera and a better attitude should follow.
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