I first went with Mariela on a little tour through the city, because she had to run a number of errands. She showed me her university (Central de Ecuador) and I went with her to the dentist. This was in the old part of Quito and it is visibly poorer. At entry, she had to get a number and together with a lot of people we were waiting in a big hall. A gay assistant was calling out the numbers. While waiting, I was watching people come by for health check-ups. The doctor doing these was taking the thermometers to the bathroom every time to wash them with water. Not very hygienic if you ask me. Mariela was ready really quick and after the errands, we decided to have breakfast. Yes, at 10am, which is late for me. We first go to this place near my apartment, but decide to go to the CCI shopping centre near Parque Carolina instead to have brea… brunch.
After brunch we take a walk through the park and decide to hire some bicycles. They were really crappy by my standards with faulty brakes and a pedal missing, but we did cycle through the whole park and had a small race on the running track before returning the bikes. Somehow she was faster than me. Probably the altitude that makes me weaker.
During the day I didn’t really pay attention, so I got myself burned pretty well again. My face, neck and arms are truly red. I only noticed this when we were walking back to the Mariscal. I got burned even though a large time we spent lying in the shade near the water, talking.
Mary’s brother spent all his money yesterday, so he’s staying at her place again. We said goodbye and tomorrow she’s taking me to a soccer match between Kichwa groups.
2 opmerkingen:
Hallo John,
Alles nog steeds goed met jou?
Was de pie echt lekker? En Mag je nu toch naar Tena?
Hoe kan dat nu, dat Mariela sneller fiets dan jij? Hoe zit 't met jouw uithoudingsvermogen?
O, 't komt natuurlijk, omdat je verbrand bent. Als je thuis komt, ben je dan bruin of rood?We wachten dat maar af.
Wij hadden vandaag een leuke Sjaantjefietstocht(33 km gefietst)en hadden de 1e prijs!!! Goed hè.
Zo, nu wachten we weer op het volgende verhaal op jouw blog. Komen er ook nog foto's bij?
Vinden we ook leuk om te zien. Trouwens op die ene foto sta je goed op! Mariela ook!
Groetjes van Pa en Ma xxx
Hee johnny,
fijn dat je weer bij je vrienden bent in quito.
Hopelijk lukt het ook nog om de rest van je onderzoek te doen daar en anders maar in tena dan.
Kennelijk wil die man gewoon niet dat je in het bedrijf komt rondneuzen.
Wij zijn vandaag naar de dweildag geweest, was voor mij ook al jaren lang geleden. Was erg gezellig, er speeld een vriendin uit de ploeg bij de deurdweilers uit angeren.
Geniet van de leuke dingen daar.
Groeten van Jan en Cindy
Psje;weet je trouwens dat marcelino gaat trouwen en stefan vader word...
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