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Hi All!
I'm in Ecuador!! The day finally came. This is my third day, but it seems like I've been here forever! I'm having a great time so far. No sooner had I dumped my packed to bursting rucksack than I made a friend - an English girl no less! Her name was Gemma and she was from Sheffield!! It was nice to have someone to hang out with on my first day. We went to the Natural History Museum and a Vivarium as I wanted to freak myself out about the kind of animals and bugs I'll be encountering in the jungle. We also explored some of the new city, where my hostel is based. It's pretty amazing - Quito is so much bigger than I expected, and although it is very like European and American cities I've been to, it is completely different. All the buildings are so much smaller - and all different, so eahc street is just a collection of higgledy-piggledy houses and shops and restaurants. My hostel is really cute - I've been chatting away to the Ecuadorians who work here, and they're looking after me, making sure I meet other english people so I'm not lonely! They also have Oreos so I'm quite happy. Hot showers too!
On my second day I met Charlotte from London! We went to Pululahua, which is a dormant volcano. WeWe wanted to hike up to the crater, but because it was such high altitude, we just couldn't make it - we could barely catch our breath. We got pretty high though and saw some fantastic views. That tooke most of the day, we then went to have dinner at a pizzeria which turned out to be bliss because it had a log fire!! It gets pretty cold here in the evenings, but during the day it's boiling when the sun's out. Today we went to a maket and visited the old part of the city, where we went on a guided tour of the Government building! The old part is really beautiful.
Charlotte has now left and I am now waiting to meet the next person who will share my room - exciting!
The computer's gone weird so I'll be off - but keep in touch everyone! Missing you all loads!
Lots of love
Caroline xxx
p.s. My phone isn't receiving all texts sent so if I don't reply don't be offended!
xx
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