Ecuador 2

Okay so its my fourth day here in Ecuador and I figure I'll give an update to the 2 readers I have. I live with the Rosales family. There is a mother, father, daughter and son in the house. They also have two other sons. One lives in Quito and come to the house almost every morning. The other is currently in New York. According to Ecuador standards my family is ballin, they have a car, and an apartment that over looks the park with at least 4 bedrooms, and hot water. Which one I found out the trick of the shower realized is a great thing I took the coldest shower ever the first night. I went to visit the Panecillo and the Virgin de Quito. The virgin was is a statue that can over see all of Quito, I'll upload pictures as soon as I get to an internet cafe that allows access to the usb ports. The view was amazing we only had one problem. Cabs drop people off but don't pick them back up. So once we were done taking pictures we were then left with the task of getting back home or at least out of the area before the sun set. So since there was seven of us we did something stupid. We walked down the hill in probably one of the poorest areas of Quito until we found a major road and then hit up the bus. It was dumb but we made it in one piece. Last night we went to a club in Gringolandia which is Gringo land and gringo is white man I think. We went to this club that was cool but for it to be the land of Gringos my group of about 13 seemed to be the only non locals. It was cool everyone had a great time med students always loosen up with a few drinks. Then we came home. Today I was with Abby and we went to a market and talked to herbalist and then to the old town near the presidents house. What interesting is that the president's house is bordered by a courtyard full of beggars but its right there. No expansive mile lawn separating him from the people. While on the bus a lady atempted to rob Abby. She literally cut through her skirt to try to get to her under the close money pouch. How could this happen? These buses are so crowded you are literally pinned next to the people you are around. Other people can get to your things easier than you can because you cannot move your arms. Luckily she didn't get anything because Abby realized she was trying to do something but it wasn't until we got off the bus and saw the cut in her skirt that we realized what she was trying to do. Crazy right!! The art here is great. With exception of the thieves the people are super nice. Okay thats enough for now, until next time Adios!!!