The above photos include Rachel hugging a planter made of tires in La Mariscal (don't ask my why I just told her to smile). The next is of the hostel (La Casa Sol) where I stayed the first night and Rachel stayed for 4-5 nights. The next is of "la comida típica" in Ecuador. Usually some not-at-all unique combination of *salty* meat, beans, rice, potatoes, soup/salad. It's a really good thing I stopped being vegetarian for this trip, though Rachel and I are both worried about all the salt we're eating and will definitely need a detox when we get back. It doesn't help that as Public Health students we know the affects of high cholesterol on the body... The large supermarkets (supermaxi) are just like grocery stores in the US, but with lots of fruits we don't recognize (and some that are just bigger like these bananas).
This is USFQ. It's beautiful, I can't wait to spend even more time here! Most impressive is the drive to get here. It's up a windy road with REALLY impressive snow-capped mountains and you can see all the houses in the valley and... just wow. It is a bit of a mission to get up here from the house we're staying in, but totally worth it for the views.
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