Hola mi amigos,

Today Quito was the sunny kind of day that you hope for but was too much sun and heat after shoveling 10¨of snow th eday before. This morning I went to the Casa de la Cultura to see the Inca exhibit. My host Giovani Onore suggested the best way to start a study of Ecuador was to start with the historical start. I walked through Quito to the museum with a new colleague, world traveler, and excellent photographer from Virgina. After a tour of some of the best Inca artifacts we went to the tourist gifts type shops and then on to a lovely four course lunch for only $3.00. Then back to the fondation to meet a few local guides and plan for the trip to the volcano Cotopaxi, back to Quito and then on to Otonga. I will not be climbing Cotopaxi at almost 20,000´ but just a lowland tour. Maybe even a view of the volcano Chimborazo at 5020 meters. The top of Chimborazo is the furhtest point form the center of the Earth. I am not sure if that includes glacial ice or not? An interesting calculation to do for your location?

Buenos Noches

Zach