Buenos Dias everybody. So it has been a couple of days since my last entry, and I have experienced some interesting things here in Quito. I moved into a hostel called El Cafecito (the little coffee?) in the tourist district in north Quito called the Mariscal Sucre. I was leaning towards staying in Old Quito, which by all my accounts is much more charming--old narrow Colonial streets and buildings, big colonial churches, and lots of local restaraunts. However, contrary to the Lonely Planet which says Old Town is quite safe now, my buddy Esteban who is Ecuadorian says that it´s still pretty sketchy, and although the mariscal is very touristy it has all the resources one might need very close. I´m glad that I stayed in the district for a couple nights, it´s true that all
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