Middle Earth

After a day´s delay due to some flight missing in Miami, I finally made it to Quito, Ecuador! At 2850m, it´s a tad bit chilly, but a nice place to spend a few days nonetheless. The elevation didn´t seem to effect me too much, so my travel buddy Alecia and I ventured north to the Equator today to hop between hemispheres and potentially bust some of these so called energy myths that we´ve heard so much about.

I´m happy to report that I apparently weigh less at the Equator due to the fact that there is less gravity there, but I also seem to be weaker and off balance (due to the mysterious energies). I also witnessed that the toilets do indeed flush counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern hemisphere and just drain straight down on the Equator line - I saw it with my own eyes people!

Heading south to Latacunga tomorrow to check out what is apparently the most important market in the country so hopefully we´ll find some sweet alpaca-wear to keep us warm at the high altitudes. I´m sure it won´t compare to the Shuswap Lake Haven knitted wonders but it should cost a few pennies less I´m thinking as I spent a whopping $20 yesterday on food, accommodations and a journey to the middle of the earth and back! I could definitely get used to this. . .