Hoy exploramos Quito. Primero fuimos a un museo del artista más famoso en Ecuador, Guayasamín. Él pintó cuadros con temas sobre la opresión, la injusticia etc. Después fuimos a la sección mayor de Quito, a las iglesias y Plaza Grande. Visitamos la Basílica, una iglesia enorme. También fuimos a una iglesia de los Jesuitas, con mucho oro en el interior. No recuerdo todo de la historia de los lugares, pero aprendí mucho. Anoche, mis amigas y yo comimos a un restaurante chino. Mañana iremos a Otavalo por un noche.

Today we explored Quito. First we went to the museum of the artist Guayasamin. He painted about oppression and injustice etc. I liked his work, it was different. After that we went to the old section of Quito. We visited the Basilica, an enormous church. We also went to a Jesuit church which had many tons of gold on the inside (16 I think?) It was quite a place. Lastly we went up to a saint overlooking the city. I think the name of it translates to "little prayer", but I can't remember what it was called in Spanish. Every place has a lot of history to it. For dinner, I went to dinner with some girls at a Chinese place. The food here is very cheap, my large meal was around $4.50. It is another earlier night. We travel to Otavalo tomorrow, and we are there for a night. There is a big market where we can buy a lots of local goods, which is exciting. It will be cold though, colder than Quito, which has surprisingly been chilly. It is because of the altitude (9000+ feet).