Day 748 (16.04.09) A taxi, bus, ferry, another bus, two planes, another bus and a taxi later we arrived back at the Secret Garden Hostel in Quito in the early afternoon to find much celebration and frivolities just down the road. As we were checking in we found out it was a free bull fight going on (something to do with the upcoming election) so dumped our bags and went down to see if we could catch the last of the action. The rainy weather in Quito had limited the number of attendees but couldn't dampen the spirits of those who had stuck it out. We stayed for two "acts" the first of which was three clowns who along with their bull fighting (well dodging) occasionally mistimed it and got an absolute pasting! The second a
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