Holaaaa Quito!

Arrived in Quito in one piece. Plane ride was bit of disaster as usual. When were over central America Colombia had some malfunctioning flight monitoring systems so they decided to shut their air space :( we didn't have enough fuel to change route so captain decided to emergency land in panama to refuel. Refueled then was able to take new route to Quito. I just dont get good planes these days. So arrive quito at midnight go to the family im stayin at and crash straight away , it felt like a cross atlantic flight. Wake up have a great. Breakfast prepared by the Senora of the house and head to Spanish class. Good school, good teacher, have a 4 hr session then roam the city. Infrastrcture Similar to Egypt in many ways but landscape is insane it is basically a city enveloped by huge green mountains, very vancouverish. Lots of clouds at tip of the mountains, very mystical city for a capital. Decide to grab. Bite so walk into restaurante 'palermo'. I know this country was cheap but not like this. Soup, open buffet salad, a dish of meat with rice along with guava juice and also a slice of watermelon for dessert . $2.40 . :) this trip is gonna be a food fiesta. Walk some more then head back home to rest. Sitting on balcony writing this and taking in the mountainous view. Survived first day. Hasta luego