Ashley's Birthday in Quito!

We arrived safe and sound in Quito last night after a long day of flying.  Ashley enjoyed telling the customs agent that it was her birthday day . . . .right, right, right . . .now!  We went through customs exactly at midnight and our driver for our hotel was waiting for us as we exited the airport.

Unfortunately our suitcases didn't make it from Bogata, but they should be dropped off at our hotel around noon today.  Luckily for us, we don't have much planned.  The birthday girl will likely sleep in this morning, we'll take in a few sites and sounds of Quito and make sure we're rested up for our big adventure into the jungle tomorrow!  I do have a little altitude sickness (headache and shortness of breath in the middle of the night), but guess that's what you get when you live 130ft above sea level and suddenly find yourself above 10,000ft.

A picture from our hotel (behind glass).

And now the power of our new zoom lens (the hillside in the above picture).

A few pictures from a park two blocks away.  How many sports can people do?  Running, cycling, basketball, futbol, volleyball, bmx racing, foosball, this park has it all!