Alas, the rumours are true, the sheet has indeed left the building, or at least our room, possibly for the laundry. Ruby is very sad, as her main source of overnight entertainment has been removed. That´s right, no more ghosts, no more shadow puppet concerts, no more flailing. It is a sad day.
On that same note, today, for us, was a bit of a fail. Well it depends how you look at it. Ruby and I decided it would be a good idea to get up nice and early with the intention of taking a two hour bus ride to the Otavalo market town. We did not realise how ambitious we were being, with our very poor spanish, yet we got on a bus at around 8:30am, all bright and chirpy. We thought we knew where we were going, yet it appears we are less clever than we thought (surprise surprise) The bus we thought we were meant to catch didn´t appear to exist, yet luckily an alternative was provided for us, in English and all. Hurruh, we thought, we will make it there after all. So, after a confused conversation with a South American bus terminal attendant, we got on another bus, which we assumed was bound for Otavalo. We were wrong.
Do you guys remember the Simpsons episode where Lisa tries to catch the bus to the Springfield Museum, and ends up taking it to past Crackton? Well, thats kind of what happened to us. We should have got off at Crackton -_-
So instead of taking another hour one way to Otavalo, we ended up taking a one and a half hour round trip through the south of Quito. Well, at least we got to see the south of Quito.
But wait, theres more.
We were determined not to give up, so after further consultation of the intructions, we GOT BACK ON THE SAME BUS!!?!?! in order to try and make a connection to Otavala from another terminal. This, we found, also failed. After nearly four hours of bus travel, we never made it to the market town. BUT, as it turns out, they had a mini market happening in the Mariscal Foch square, so Ruby still got to satisfy her shopping needs, and I got to eat empanadas, which are essentially deep fried cheese parcels covered in sugar. So all was not lost.
Random things we have learnt today.
- Quito has a LOT of stray dogs. It makes us sad.
- All chains of deep fried chicken are hailed as mini shrines of deep fried goodness (its not just KFC apparently)
- we are not as good at navigating the Metrobus as we thought.
So that was our day! Tomorrow is.......THE AMAZON!!!! WEEEEEE! no buses required (except to get there)
Ruby will send her love once she comes out of mourning.
Love Sally xoxoxox
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