Hello everyone! I´ve been in Ecuador for 4 days now. I haven´t found a wireless connection yet to upload pictures but thought I would write a bit about what I´ve been doing. I spent 1 day in Quito and then took a 2-hour bus ride north to Otavalo. Otavalo is a beautiful town in the Andes mountains. Our hostel was in the perfect location and it was only $8 a night! It was freezing at night, though. I slept with 4 woolen blankets, 2 regular blankets, a sweater, sweat pants, socks, and a beanie, and I was still cold!! Since I´ve been here, I haven´t slept past 7:00 a.m., which everyone knows is strange for me! The animals make so much noise at the crack of dawn that it´s hard to sleep. But I sleep by
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