Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨 

Urgh! Another early start and boxed breakfast as we bid goodbye to Peru.    We have to fly from Cusco to Quito, via Lima.  All is running smoothly until we try to land in Quito and a crosswind causes issues.  We take off again as soon as the wheels touch the runway and roar back into the sky.  With a few turns, some people start vomiting and by this point I am keen to land.  We make it on the second try and despite being told I may be refused entry due to lack of proof of exit plans we are quickly through immigration and in Ecuador.

Unexpectedly there is a guide from Gadventures waiting to transfer us to our hotel.  We are staying a night at a cheaper hotel around the corner, but happily accept the ride.  I am genuinely pleasantly surprised at how tranquil and traffic free the drive into Quito is.  It seems much greener than Peru, I have a good feeling about the country.

After check in we set off to find a laundry, a kind parking attendant shows us one about 4 blocks away, and then we take a stroll around the area pausing for a iced coffee at a bustling Plaza Foch.  Dinner tonight is at a restaurant overlooking this plaza, I cannot believe the atmosphere as it is pumping louder than Ibiza!