{"id":755,"date":"2010-12-04T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/?p=755"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:18:08","slug":"quito-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/2010\/12\/04\/quito-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Quito II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the hike around the <a href=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/2010\/11\/30\/laguna-quilotoa\/\">Laguna Quilotoa<\/a> Claudia und I did not feel too good so we headed back to Quito to see a doctor. Of course, I stayed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelbambuecuador.com\/pages\/casaquito.html\">Casa Bambu<\/a> again. <strong>Thanks to all the awesome people staying there for the very warm welcome I got! And the caring over the next few days! Helped a lot!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-757\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1024\" data-lbwps-height=\"768\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"The Pichincha in clouds.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-757\" title=\"The Pichincha in clouds.\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Pichincha in clouds.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pichincha in clouds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As always, I\u2019ve got bored after laying in bed for a day, so I went with Elise and Wouter up the Pichincha, Quitos \u201chome volcano\u201d. We took the Teleferico first and enjoyed the beautiful landscape up there. Very fast and nice escape from the busy city. Due to an important appointment of Wouter we did not make it all the way to the top but it was still a very nice hike with a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-761\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-5.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"480\" data-lbwps-height=\"720\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-5.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Elise and me.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-761\" title=\"Elise and me.\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-5-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elise and me.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-5.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elise and me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the evening I was invited to the farewell party of Elise, Marieke, and Wouter (the Slangenbergs). Had a delicious dinner with them and their friends. Afterward we went to a disco in Mariscal. Actually, quite bad music but a lot of known faces. Funny evening.<strong> Thanks to the Slangenbergs for inviting me and all in all for all the fun I have had with the three of you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-762\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-6.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"720\" data-lbwps-height=\"480\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-6.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Wouter and me. In the disco :-)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-762\" title=\"Wouter and me. In the disco :-)\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Wouter and me. In the disco :-)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-6.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wouter and me. In the disco :-)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a doctor did not find anything to cure the next day, I decided to climb Cotopaxi with Babsi, a girl we have met in Latacunga. And hoped, that the stomach problems would disappear with time (which they did not).<\/p>\n<p>Greets<br \/>\nMichael<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-755 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Start of the hike.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-758\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-758'>\n\t\t\t\tStart of the hike.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cold and cloudy. Still beautiful.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-759\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-759'>\n\t\t\t\tCold and cloudy. Still beautiful.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/quitoii-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Elise and Wouter.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-760\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-760'>\n\t\t\t\tElise and Wouter.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the hike around the Laguna Quilotoa Claudia und I did not feel too good so we headed back to Quito to see a doctor. Of course, I stayed in Casa Bambu again. Thanks to all the awesome people staying there for the very warm welcome I got! And the caring over the next few days! Helped a lot!<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/2010\/12\/04\/quito-ii\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quito II<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[285,168,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-trip-i","category-south-america","category-ecuador","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":828,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions\/828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}