This morning we went to the Telefériqo, which is a cable car to the top of the mountain behind Quito. The top is 4100m so it literally left us breathless. It seems like there were big plans for this place, but there were few people there and many of the areas allocated for shops and food stalls were empty. It did give us a wonderful view of the city in the moments when the cloud cleared. From here we went to “Cuidad Mitad del Mundo” which is a low rent theme park built around the equator (well actually 240 metres south of the equator). There is a tower built on the Equator which has a lift to the top, from where you can see that at least at this point, the Northern Hemisphere is just as crappy as the Southern Hemisphere.
We had a huge lunch at one of the many restaurants here including (strangely enough) a bottle of wine we would not have been able to buy in the city. We had a lot of Spanish practice with the waiter, and at one stage I was explaining the Australian political system which was no mean feat.
A long drive back to the city then saw us exploring the delights of cable TV while resting off the big day.
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