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| Church in Old Town Quito |
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| Central Market |
Today we walked around the Old Town,
Quito, which was beautiful. We saw lots of churches, plazas, parks,
museums and did lots of walking. We had lunch at the central market,
which had lots of food stands, it was very hard to choose what to eat, but I
got fried tuna, with rice, ceviche, and salad all for $4!! Adrienne ordered
two meals not realizing how much food it would be, all for $5, we
were in heaven!
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| Adriennes $5 meal(s) |
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| my $4 meal |
We then made our way back to La
Mariscal, took a cab to the bus terminal and took a 3.5 hour bus ride
to Baños. We walked around a bit, had dinner at this local spot where
we got carne asada and carne apanada with large $2 beers.
The next morning we booked a
$5 waterfall tour for 3 hours and headed out on the bus and saw many
beautiful waterfalls, we even drove under some of them. Our first stop
was at a cable car, where we went across a huge canyon of water and
over huge waterfalls to the other side, where we stopped for a second
and it felt like we were on a slingshot back to the other side. I
was pretty scared, and my legs felt like jello when I got off. I am trying to get over my fear of heights, Adrienne thought this was just hilarious how scared I was and holding onto the rails.
Next stop another beautiful waterfall and ziplining (canopy) spot called, Canopy Doble Rio Blanco. I figured lets get this over with, since Adrienne had gone ziplining before and I hadn't, I just wanted to do it. I was really
nervous because it was very high, above a huge river with rapids,
and rocks. We decided to go side by side and do the
super man pose. They put up your legs and give you a push off. I
started a bit before Adrienne, and I was soaring through the air, it
felt like I was flying, I was loving it. When I got to the other side I looked back
and saw that Adrienne was stopped and had gotten stuck in the middle
of the zipline, I guess her guy didn't give her a big enough push.
Immediately a rescue person ziplined out to her, and people on land
pulled them both in. We both couldn't believe it had happened, but
at least we could laugh about it once she was safe on the ground.
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| superman |
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| Our zipline course (superman top right) |
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| our cable car over the falls |
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| scared on the cable car |
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| $2.50 meal |
After we got back from the tour, we
had some local food at the Central Market for $2.50, then went about
35 minutes outside of the town to Casa de Arbol (the treehouse). It
was beautiful, it was a wooden treehouse, on the edge of a cliff,
with a huge tree swing, overlooking the countryside and the
Tungurahoa volcano. It was a bit too cloudy to see the volcano, but
it is an active volcano and we did hear it erupt twice, which was
pretty awesome. After hanging out here a bit, we went on the swing,
which was pretty scary for me as well, I didn't want to go very high
or look down, unlike Adrienne who got a big push from a local man.
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| dont look down |
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| ran into Juan at the treehouse |
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| swing |
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| treehouse |
This had been a day of adrenaline
rushes and getting over my fear of heights, I “treated”, myself
to some pizza cones and red wine!!!
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| adrienne flying high |
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| tree house |
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