Hey everyone. Im so glad to be here and really glad the plane ride is over! We arrived in Quito last night at around 830 pm and our ride to the hostel was there waiting for us. The weather is great and we are taking it easy for the next few days then plan to go up to Otavalo this weekend for the Saturday market. I joined the South American Explorers club today. They offer storage space for my backpack and a safe to hold valubles. There is a ton of informati...

A friend from Ecuador (Esthella) called me tonite and left a message warning me about a volcano that has just recently (06/27/2006) begun to spew ash. This volcano is near Banos, one of my favorite places, so hopefully this won't prevent us from visiting in the upcoming weeks. It's actually a volcano that we bought tickets to drive up in a bus and look inside last summer! Guess we will have to wait and see whats going on when we get there! I posted a satellite im...

Kelly and I are getting packed and ready for our trip to Ecuador. I'm posting this post-card to see how this works. We're planning on leaving Seattle, WA on July 4th and arriving in Quito, Ecuador on July 5th at around 8 pm. This is the hostel in Ecuador that we are planning to stay at for our first few nights. http://www.folklorehotel.com/ It will be around 10$ each/night -- and about 5$ for them to come pick us up at the Airport. We could...