The next day, we woke up and after working on homework for 4 hours, it was time for us to pack up and leave this beautiful place. We packed up our things, got dressed, and then we were off to the airport to go to Ecuador. Once we got to the airport, we went through security and then we took a really long flight to Quito, Ecuador. The flight wasn’t actually that bad and I finished watching the documentary on Cuba. Since the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1980s, Cuba became very desperate and partnered up with Venezuela instead. This system worked in everyone’s favor and then Cuba was starting to run low on supplies. Many fled Cuba, but the government kept the place thriving by bringing lots of tourists and outside materials. In 2004, Fidel Castro had a terrible accident and thus Raul, his brother, took over Fidel’s responsibilities as the head of Cuba. In 2016, the US and Cuba came to an agreement and now US tourists got to go to Cuba from the US. Once we got to Quito, we took a taxi to our apartment, which while not my first choice was still extremely good looking and we prepared for a long day tomorrow.
Hello everybody! I am back today with a blog post celebrating my wonderful time here in Ecuador. We did not do much for the first two days, but for the last 2 days, we did a lot of touring that was very fun and awesome. So, let’s begin my blog post about my last 2 days here in Ecuador(I’m not doing the first two days because we did nothing). So, on our third day, we woke up at 7:00 am and then we drove to a gigantic and old church. At this church were many cool animal gargoyles but the most unexpected thing happened to me while I was there. While I was climbing one of the many stairs of the place, I unexpectedly fainted for the first time in my memory. I don’t know how it happened, but I remember feeling a bit queasy and the next thing I knew I was lying on the ground. It’s a miracle I didn’t get hurt but it was a weird experience for me. It bummed Ella out that I fainted even though she says that I didn’t faint, although that’s what happened. Don’t listen to Ella’s version because I actually fainted and not momentarily blacked out.
Later, we drove to where the center of the Equator is located! The latitude and longitude there is (0,0) and we saw a beautiful monument divided into North, East, South, and West, which was very cool.
We took lots of cool photos and we also saw the busts of some scientists who contributed to the findings of the Equator. After that, we drove to the newer part of Quito where we explored a lot of old buildings and after that fun day we drove back home and finished our homework for the day there. The next day, we did our homework for the day and then we explored the area even more. We went to a famous artist’s, whose name was Oswaldo Guayasamin, house, where we saw over the top pictures of famous people including one of Fidel Castro! His house was amazing with its fantastic architecture and then I had the best burger in South America! It was so good I had two of them and then we donated money to a person who was selling copies of paintings that the artist made. After that, it started to drizzle and we got home safe and sound. I had an awesome time in Quito and I hope we go there again sometime.
