Having settled into my accomodation, which was ideally located between the Old and New Town areas of Quito, I ventured into the unknown, alone, with nothing more than a packed lunch and a handful of Spanish phrases! These served me well enough though as I ended up playing football in the park with, I kid you not, Pablo and Claudio! At this altitude, nearly 3000m, 30 minutes was as long as I could manage and although I chatted in Spanish with my new amigos for a short time afterwards, I was once again struck by the wonderful, universal language... that is football! On Tuesday I went with the 3 Irish girls in my dorm to the Teleferique - a cable car that took us to 4,100m above sea level, where we had a wonderful view of
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