So, on our first full day in Ecuador we were walking by the indoor market in Lojas and I spotted a rat and calmly pointed it out to Koehler and Grace. Then, we noticed that all on the street and sidewalk there was a ton of comotion surrounding the rat. Children were jumping around, women were screaming, men were trying to act tough. All of the sudden the rat made a B line towards us. I ran in one direction and Koehler and Grace went the other way. I turned around just in time to see the rat at Graces heal just before two men smashed the rat against the wall. The poor rat died very slowly.
Our second grand Ecuadorian adventure came the next morning after a night bus when we arrived in Riobamba at like 6:30 in the morning. I casually walked off the bus with my purse and got my big bookbag while we waited for the cab. As we were loading up the cab I realized I had left my oh so important bookbag on the bus with my travelers checks, passport, and steripen. I turned to the cab driver and said [SIGUE EL BUS] which means follow that bus. An exciting as well as successful chase ensued.
We just finished the El Altar trek which our friend Philip had recommened to us. The trek was two days and one night. Basically, we walked anywhere from 8 to about 12 miles on the first day. It was pretty and very green and there were a lot of cows, horses and donkeys. The hike ended in the meadow at the base of a volcano with snow. The next morning we did another little hike around the crater to see the Laguna Amarillo. It was actually blue...but pretty nonetheless.
Now, we are in Banos and are about to go to some thermal baths and then do a bike ride to the Amazon Basin tomorrow!!
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