Ecuador 2012

Submitted by Joshy Orndorff on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 19:45

I spent the week of spring break in Ecuador with Sarah and her roomie Ximena. We traveled around the City of Quito and surrounding areas, and even went to the beach where we got totally sunburnt. I'll let the captions tell the story.

Me with Xime's sister at the birthday party
Me and Xime at Cafe de Vaca
Sarah playing on the zip line at Cafe de Vaca. Zip lines are pretty common on playgrounds.
The three of us with our food before we move on to Baños
We took a detour to the top of Cotopaxi, an active volcano. But it was super cold.
The view from part way up the volcano.
Fording the river in Xime's car on the way back down
In front of a lit-up church in Baños
Our crew riding the little worm in Baños
On the front of the worm
Xime's I'm-tired-but-I'll-go-to-dinner-if-I-have-to outfit
We're about to cross this in a cable car
Sarah modeling some sugar cane
On the cable car
Looking artsy on the bridge
Sarah preparing to bungee jump
After taking the plunge
Enrique on a rope swing that we found hiking
River
Sarah coming out of the waterslide nice and controled
Me coming out way too fast
The 'slow down on the water slide' sign that nobody bothered to read to me
With Enrique in Downtown Quito
Sarah preparing for takeoff on the zipline
Me preparing for takeoff
Juan Pablo flies upside down.
Xime with the guys in front of a gothic church
After lunch with a bunch of fmaily
Tug of war across the equator
Me ans Sarah in the northern hemisphere
And in the southern hemisphere
The girls on the south side
Our whole group at the middle of the world
Playing on another zip line
Me on the balcony of the apartment we stayed at
Another group of family after a dinner out
After a biking trip
Eating at the beach after we got so sun burnt
Live clams in the soup
Action shot of the awesome lime squeezer