Ecuador Day 64

Today will best be summed up by a whole lot of pictures. Get ready.

Flor and I went out this morning with two of the volunteers here, Lina and McKenzie. Lina returns home to Canada tomorrow and wanted to do a last little bit of sightseeing before she left and McKenzie had the shift off. Of course Flor and I have nothing to do, so we were game. We decided to go see the Panecillo, which is, in my personal opinion, one of the uglier statues in the city. But, it is also the largest and is situated on a hill such that it overlooks the whole city. I have some fond and some not-so-fond memories of the angel seeming to peer into the windows at SVP during the night shifts when I was here as a volunteer.

Anyway, we found our way to the Panecillo and enjoyed touring around. You can pay $1 to walk up to a landing at the base of the Panecillo. Each level on the way up has some tidbits of information about the building of the statue. The top has some amazing view of the city, so of course I got a lot of pictures. 

This is Flor on the inside of the Panecillo on our way up.

Flor is best friends with whoever she meets- and these two were no exception! Lina on the left and McKenzie on the right. Lina volunteered here for the past month. She left her husband at home to run their family business and came on her own. Pretty neat seeing as most of the volunteers here are single girls in their late teens or early 20's. McKenzie is from a little town near Rupert, ID, so we know a lot of the same people. Small world!

My attempts to get a cute picture of Flor on the hill overlooking the city were mostly in vain. I did get a few where she is actually looking at the camera and kind of smiling. I'll take it!

After the Panecillo, we went to the Artesian (yes, I promised I wouldn't ever go again, but Lina wanted to pick up a last few things. I didn't buy anything, I promise!) While there, we ran into a pair of sister missionaries. One was from Bolivia and the other from Panama. It was fun to talk to them for a minute and they were kind enough to pose for a picture for me.

This afternoon, Flor, Lina and I went to the Supermaxi to pick up some more diapers for Flor and that was the extent of the fun of our afternoon. It was pouring rain all afternoon otherwise we would have gone on a walk. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.