It was time to leave Quito. After finding the right bus and my seat, I first felt like being in a travelling road show. Right from the start I guy started praising his goods (watches, sunglasses, jewelry, ...) and handed them around to look at (and of course to hopefully buy). He eventually did leave the bus, but by that time, at every stop, seperal people came into the bus, trying to sell water, fruit, ice cream, , and basically anything else I could think of. Most of th just came in shortly during the stop, other stayed in for a stop or two. This way the trip to Santo Domingo could take ages...
After finally leaving the greater Quito area, things started to calm down. For over 50 km, there was no stop, just a windy road going constantly downwards. After all, we had the get from an altitude of about 2900 m down to only around 400 m. (Glad that the brakes worked well on the bus!)
At first, we were mainly in the clouds, however, as we came further down, I could see the vegetation changing into rich green ferns, palms and lots of bananas.
After 3 hours, we finally reached Santo Domingo, where I was picked up by my teacher and host for the next couple of days. By car, we vntinued the trip to the next small town, and from there another 20-30 min further on a small dirt road. On this road, we also gave a lift to several people walking home in the same direction, both inside the car, as well as on the back of the pickup. Finally we reached our destination, in the middle of a big banana farm, the finca...
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