Quito, Ecuador

Well, the joy of the bus ride was short lived as I woke up in the middle of the night with a searing pain in my chest. Right about where my heart would be. It was awful. So I called our doctor Suni Su who informed me that I was not in fact having a heart attack and that I should instead go to sleep.

On Friday, Feb 18. Dave, Jason Briggs, and I finished our Peace Corps Service. The staff had cake for us and sang us a goodbye song which was really nice. Then we went to some sweet ass bar in Pueblo Viejo that´s connected to a Quierolo distributor where they just give you a bottle of Pisco, limes, and pop (aka soda). It was pretty sweet to finally go to a bar like that.  On Sunday we said goodbye to our original host families from Lima which was really nice.

Dave then went to Cusco (see Dave for more details) and I had my despedida in Pacasmayo which was a good time, but really melancholy as well.

On Saturday the 27th we said goodbye to Chiclayo in an appropriate manner (see Mike for more details). Oh ya and Scott Bradford just happened to be in the neighborhood so he came by with a guy he´s backpacking with, James, who are both expert fruit ninjas.

Then on Sunday we finally started THE TRIP. Dave lost his wallet almost immediately, but that´s the way she goes.

We got to Guayaquil early Monday morning and stayed the night. Then Tuesday we went on a mother truckin´pirate ship called Henry Morgan. Thumbs up all the way around.

We are now in Quito and are going to see ¨La Mitad del Mundo¨monument and then tomorrow off to Cali, Columbia. World capital of plastic surgery