A lot. I must have been exceptionally lucky with the weather for the first couple of days {hence the mild sunburn} because now it's coming down by the bucketload, and did yesterday, too. So I went to the national museum of Ecuador for a few hours. It was fascinating and I had a great time looking at all the art, from precolumbian ceramics to Inca gold, hispanic religious pieces and contemporary Ecuadorain art, some of which was great, some of which was utter chod. As modern art is wont to be really. Then I had a mosey round the old town again and had a look at yet another church. This one was gobsmackingly ornate and covered from floor to ceiling in gold. It was everywhere! Absolutely stunning to look at, but it makes you wonder just how many good, devout christians went hungry because of it. Isn't religion great?
Yesterday evening I met up with Jim from school. We discovered that neither of us has actually known anyone {except family} for longer than we've known each other. That is to say since we were four. Blimey. We went to a pub quiz at an English pub with his couchsurfer {everyone's got one!}, a girl from Galway who's touring South America for just over a year on a 125 cc motorbike she bought in Colombia. It was very interesting talking to her about travelling and life and all that kind of stuff. Quite an inspiring woman. It was good to see Jim, too, and we'll catch up with each other again when I come back to Quito later on. He hasn't changed a bit, and apparently neither have I. I think he was just being kind though.
It was quite a long night but despite not getting to bed until almost 4 in the morning I was wide awake at 7.30. And I haven't been hungry since I got here. I HATE JET LAG!!! I wish my body clock would just hurry up and get used to the time difference. Ah well.
Sorry about the lack of photos but I can't seem to find the actual computer I'm using at the moment. Sounds strange, I know, but it's not under the table where all the others are. I shall try and find another one soon because I've got some great pictures.
Tomorrow I'm off to the farm so there probably won't be any more posts until next weekend. Can't wait to get out of Quito and into the countryside! The bus trip through the Andes is said to be stunning, too, so I'm looking forward to that. Will be interesting to meet Jenny, the other girl who's travelling down with me, too. She's arriving tonight.
Antway, it's lunchtime now so I'm going to fill my belly with some seafood. Love to you all and hasta luego! D xx