Whew, we finally left! 
Flew out on friday and arrived in Qutio at 10pm after a sweet ride in business class (thanks Aunite Barbara!). The whole process of getting through immigration, getting our bike boxes, going through customs, and getting a taxi was done in record time... we must have been out of the airport in like 15 minutes. The taxi fit our bikes in the back and we made it to our hostel with typical honking and assertive driving, carried our boxes up three flights to our room (breathing a little at the 9,000 ft altitude here in the city, being in GA for a month didn´t really help with acclimatization) and sat down amazed at how easy everything was.
We woke up to sweet views of the green peeks outside of our balcony, Quito is in an Andean valley and tucked right next to some volcanoes; part of the surrounding city and farmland
spill up the sides. We spent the majority of the day walking around, getting oriented and eating. The fruit is incredible! Weather has be beautiful, high 70´s during the day, a little chilly at night.
We went the the South American Explorers clubhouse (we are members) and they are going to be an awesome resource for us down here. They have staff, guidebooks, maps, and notebooks filled with trip reports from other members about the various regions and activities, safety, volunteering, ect, and they even have one filled with bike touring info. Believe it our not, on their message board we found a flyer for Ultimate frisbee pick up at a park in Quito. We are going to go and check it out on tuesday. Shoulda brought the cleats.
We are starting Spanish classes tomorrow!
--Tina
Flew out on friday and arrived in Qutio at 10pm after a sweet ride in business class (thanks Aunite Barbara!). The whole process of getting through immigration, getting our bike boxes, going through customs, and getting a taxi was done in record time... we must have been out of the airport in like 15 minutes. The taxi fit our bikes in the back and we made it to our hostel with typical honking and assertive driving, carried our boxes up three flights to our room (breathing a little at the 9,000 ft altitude here in the city, being in GA for a month didn´t really help with acclimatization) and sat down amazed at how easy everything was.
We woke up to sweet views of the green peeks outside of our balcony, Quito is in an Andean valley and tucked right next to some volcanoes; part of the surrounding city and farmland
spill up the sides. We spent the majority of the day walking around, getting oriented and eating. The fruit is incredible! Weather has be beautiful, high 70´s during the day, a little chilly at night.We went the the South American Explorers clubhouse (we are members) and they are going to be an awesome resource for us down here. They have staff, guidebooks, maps, and notebooks filled with trip reports from other members about the various regions and activities, safety, volunteering, ect, and they even have one filled with bike touring info. Believe it our not, on their message board we found a flyer for Ultimate frisbee pick up at a park in Quito. We are going to go and check it out on tuesday. Shoulda brought the cleats.
We are starting Spanish classes tomorrow!
--Tina
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