Anyways, Placement didnt sstart yesterday therefore I went on a day trip on my own…

Went to the mountains to look at the whole city of quito yesterady… yes i went all by myself, who can i go with? know no one in this place, but i do enjoy going on my own too. its actualy pretty cool.Took a bus, then went up by cable car, then walked up the rest. Felt my heart beating faster when i go up. Was that high altitude sicknes? or was I just simply tired? anyway I had to take in more fluids in order to stay hydrated.

There were quite a lot of kids u there, I guess there was a school visit. those kids were sooooo cute… i{ve always said i like latino kids, and i think due to the severe lack of asians in this country, i look very very different here. its so funny that i hear those kids saying {Chinita} again and again (which means Chinese girl), they come up to me and wave and say hola, buenos dias, como estas (hello, good morning, how are you)… soooooSOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!! of course i smile back and greet back la… and they seem happy about that. omg, i am like a celebrity here… wakakakakkakaka. ok enough with this bulshit. anyway, have a really special feeling in this place, and these kids really made my day

then I went to the equator (by bus). I felt hotter and hotter as I went there. is it because i was nearing teh equator? Oh by the way ecuador means equator in spanish and since Ecuador lies square on the equator. that{s how this country got its name from. There was a monument at the equator. and the equator line, which extended for a few hundred meters which was there just to let us know its presense. Okay then I stepped one foot on the northern hemisphere and one on the southern hemisphere. ok. now what.

I was facing East. The Earths diameter at the equator is 12756.32km. It completes one spin in 24 hours and it spins towards the East. 12756.32 divided by 24 = 531.513.So, after my precise calculations, I was moving forward at the speed of 531.513km/h!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was moving faster than a Jumbo Jet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyways, this country is really cool. The buses are really {dei dou}, the door remains open and there is a conductor standing by it, yelling out to the streets where this bus goes to (a Quito! a Quito!!!!) and ppl hop in when this is the bus they wanted, and hop out whem they arrive their destination. the bus is really bumpy.. haha this is really cool… what a taste of latin americano. But I bet people do have to know this place really well to get on buses. or else they wont even nkow where teh bus is going to and where they should get off. and the conductor goes in and collect the bus fare when the bus stops at the traffic light or sth. an hour and a half{s ride cost me 40cents. and they use US dollars here… OMGGGGGG 40cents for more than an hours ride….. 2 british pounds for 50seconds tube ride in London……

Been riding quite a lot of taxis too. jsut to go here and there within the city center. a 20 minutes ride cost me like 1-2 US dollars….. where else can I travel at this rate? So funny that the taxi drivers are chatting with me…. I cuold barely understand what they say…. ssuch as… where do u come from? what are u here for? how long are u staying? how old are you? when did u arrive this country? etc… all those ice breaking questions.. I{ve decided to trly more on public transsportation, to boost this countrys economy and at teh same time save time, so i can have more time to travel around and see things!! (well, the time for waiting for buses and taxis is quite long though)

Anyways, I am safe and sound, so are my teeth. no problem, apart from the fact that I need serious help in spanish. people hardly speak any english around. well, good chance to learn though! hehe… Entonce, I have to go back to my host family now… Will update u guys again! See ya all! 30 days until I go back to Hong Kong as a Latino!