Big Bad Quito

Everyone we had talked to pre-Quito had told us their personal account of being mugged, robbed, or threatened. That is why before going Adam and I decided it might be wise to come up with some code words in case one of these situations arose. In the case we encountered an inferior foe that we thought we could open a can on and teach a lesson on mugging 2 bad gringos from the Estados Unidas, the war cry would be ¨Tanenbaum¨. If the same situation occured, however, we were not in the fightin´ mood, ¨Tippy-Toe¨ would be the proper code word. If by the slim chance we felt the assailant had the upper hand, no code word would be called and we would simply hand over what ever they asked for. We ended up making only friends in Quito and enjoyed walking around the city looking at the beautiful churches and buildings. You could climb the towers of the tallest church in town, which offered some great views of the city. I would recomend not going when there is a hail and lightening storm rolling in though. I´m not sure about the lightening, but the hail hurts!! We also stayed in a hostal with an eating area on the 5th floor/roof that had a great view of the city.