Quito

Here are some Quito pictures. They are kind of in reverse order, so you might want to scroll to the bottom first.

I thought this picked up on the flavor of Quito well. Every single space has been convereted into a place to sell something or do some kind of business, even into the side of churches.

In the background there is Volcán Cotopaxi,Ecuador´s second highest peak. Not so much in the picture, but in life its awe inspiring. Its the most perfectly shaped symetrical mountain. Google image it to see what I mean.

I balanced an egg on a nail on the equator. It is easy to do it here because the force from the rotation of the earth cancels out.

Requisite equator picture. Other people have pictures of me at the equator and other places. When I get them from other people, I´ll put them up.

View of Quito´s Plaza Grande. This is where all of the government functions are (the national cathedral, the presidential palace, etc).

The presidential palace, where the president works and lives. We were able to go inside a little bit.

Church in Quito. The gargoyles were different animals from the Galápagos. Thought that it was quirky. Here it´s the turtles.

General View of Old City Quito.

Here is the Panecillo in Quito. It´s a big virgin mary. Later in the day we went up to the top. Every city in Ecuador in the highlands has a big statue of some religious figure overlooking the city. In Ibarra its San Miguel.