Arrival in Ecuador

Hola,

we arrived safe and sound in Ecuador...but...what a trip!!!!! We started our journey from Heathrow to Amsterdam, to Bonaire, to Guayaquil and finally arrived in Quito (Thanks Ben;-p ) where we received a very warm welcoming from Acacia and José. After our arrival at the airport, we were heading off to the hotel...what a hotel!! While Kartik occupied the president suite on its own ;-) and after several attempts trying to convince him to share a bed which was 2 metres wide :-p I gave up and accepted my medium-sized suite which was still a massive size....Kartik and me were just soo exhausted - all we wanted to do was to sleep and relax. However, someone was against that idea and did not that we went "dormir"...José - our man Friday - kept us awake the whole day which we are very thankful for.....otherwise, we will be still hanging around with a jet-lag (although Kartik is still catching -up on his sleep ;-p ) José took us around Quito. He showed us the "telescopique" (?) which gave us a panoramic view of Old and New Quito. It was mesmerizing and we instantly fell in love with this place!! Afterwards, he took us to the chathedral which had a little story of its own....el Diablo!! Further explanations later but we are telling you it is a nice legend.
Finally, Danielle, our last member joined us in Quito. She was a bit worse for the wear because of her tooth ache but she is fine now - thanks to pain killers!
We grabbed a bite, and experienced "La Movida" in Quito to get a taste of what this culture is all about.

Kartik word in español for the day "cielo=Heaven"
basically what he is saying...Ecuador is like Heaven and he does not want to come back...

CIAO!

Kartik & Sarah