Ecuadorian Escapades: sunshine daydream

For the first time in weeks it actually feels like summer, or at least the warm temperate weather we've been used to for the past 11 months. Yes, you read correctly - today marks 11 months since I left Jersey for South America. Since I only have two short months left, lately I've been cramming as much travel in as possible to hit everything on my list. Although Ecuador is only roughly the size of Colorado, sometimes it feels bigger than all 50 states combined; especially during overnight buses that take 8 hours to travel a distance of 150 miles through the Andes.

This weekend Haley and I had planned to visit Puerto Quito, a small riverside village 3 hours west of Quito, but everything seemed to go wrong, from confusing bus times to an MIA hostel. I couldn't have been happier than our plans went awry; we enjoyed 2 extremely relaxing days reading on the roof, making dinner for 4 instead of 19, listening to Mike sing "Pretty Woman" at a karaoke bar in the valley, and hitting up some museums and sights in our home city of Quito. Although my pictures don't do it justice, Quito is by far the most beautiful city I have ever been to and it will be hard to finding a more beautiful rooftop to watch sunsets from when I return to the states.