We are in Quito! We arrived at the airport at 10:15 CST. The timezone is the same! We thought it would be EST, but it's not. We got through customs and immigration quickly and it took about 25 minutes to get to our lodging. We are staying at the Tumbaco B&B. It is an excellent secluded lodge in the outskirts of Quito. We slept until 8 this morning and had a great breakfast of eggs, fruit, juice, bread and jams. Then Kieran and I played a bit on the grounds and on the playset and in a tree house. Our host's name is Gerrit and he coordinated a taxi to take us to the top of a Quito trail and pick us up at the bottom. The trail is a former train path that once went from Quito to Ibarra in the north. Now it is used for biking and hiking and offered some excellent views of the valley. Good thing it was downhill, Kieran didn't walk much of it. He said that he doesn't like to walk, but he really likes to climb rocks, so we had a good time climbing in several "caves" and up rocks. We then went to the Cumbaya plaza and had pizza which Kieran ate well. We had a nice nap and tonight we will go back to Cumbaya for dinner and then come back for the rest of the evening.
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