So first of all let me explain the tittle. In the past two weeks and a half I visited some places. I went from Ibarra (2200m) to Latacunga (2800m) to visit my friend Ben. After that I went back to Ibarra for one day, cause of course there was also the amazing Jungle trip with YFU. So we took the bus from Ibarra to Quito (2500m) and then to the Jungle/Oriente/Amazonas (300m). I thought it could be an original tittle and now everyone knows there are lots of different altitudes in Ecuador.
Ok let's start on Fridaymorning October 31. I took the bus for a 5 hour ride to Latacunga, a city about 70 km south of Quito. My hostmother told me that it is very cold there so I took enough clothes with me, even enough to go for one month to the North Pole. But as I could expect, it was a good temperature there and the sun was shining... First we went to Ben's place. After that we went to the mall cause we wanted to make Hamburgers with French Fries. Ecuadorians are really bad in making fries, and of course ours were quite good (eventhough we almost destroyed the kitchen fire) and the hamburgers... mi dios! The next day we went with Ben's family to Lago Quilotoa, this used to be a volcano but now there is a lake in the crater. It was a long drive with the car and we went to an altitude of almost 4000m. At the lake we did a small walk and we took a lot of pictures, cause it was a beautifull place. On our way back, the daughter of Ben's hostsister puked in the car. She was sitting in the trunk and they had given her so much junkfood, so it was actually really afwul but the whole situation was also a little bit hilarious... she even puked on Ben's other hostsister. When we were back home we... coocked. Pasta. So. Awesome. After that we saw a movie. On Sunday we did a 'citytrip Latacunga'. We walked in the city and discovered the river that goes through the city. We went to a pizzeria to eat pizza of course. We played some soccer and we want to the mall again to buy ingredients for french toast, it was the best french toast in my whole life!!! Normally we would go to the Cotopaxi volcano on Monday. This is the second biggest mountain/volcano in Ecuador (5900m) but we slept quite long and there were also some misunderstandings with Ben's hostmother so we went with the whole family to a market. They sold lots of authentic stuff but I just bought two pairs of sunglasses for 8 Dollar. Of course we also coocked that night and of course we made pasta. On Tuesday I went back to Ibarra for another 5 hour bus ride, which is actually quite nice cause you can see alot of the country.
Then it was Wednesday the 5th of November which meant JUNGLE TRIP!!! Firts I had to go to school and wow, I was checking the hour every 5 minutes! At 1pm I ran home, took a shower, ate lunch and of we were! First we took the bus to Quito with the people of Ibarra and then a taxi to the Hostal de la Reina in Quito. It was really cool to see everyone again. Lots of languages were spoken and everyone was excited to go to the Jungle. We had dinner in McDonnald's, damn that was good! The next day we had a 6 hour bus ride to Rio Napo. From Quito all the way through the mountains, passed Tena and then we could go on a cano to our awesome hotel named Casa del Suizo. It was raining and it was also really hot! I was on the room with Ben (USA) and Ville from Sweden. The room had an epic view over the jungle, we had a hammock (hangmat) and I had a huge bed, it was actually big enough for me! The buffet was also good! So much good food hehe. In the afternoon, nothing was planned so we just chilled at the swimmingpool. The next few days we did a walk in the jungle, we went on a raft on the river, we visited a Kitchoa family and a local village, visited a zoo owned by foreign people that was made for crazy animals like anacondas, monkeys, birds etc. that used to be pets and we chilled a lot at the pool. It was really nice. On the last night we lit a candle for Helena, the german girl that died in October. Too bad, we had to go back to Quito on Sunday. Another 6 hour bus ride. Back in Quito we just hanged in and around the hotel and on Monday everyone had to go home.
That was the story of the first YFU trip and my trip to Latacunga! Luckily 3 other trips are coming. I can't wait for the Coast trip inJanuary and of course the FIESTAS de Quito in December!
Thanks for reading, a la proxima!
Un abrazo
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