And so after 10 hours in a canoe, one last night in Coca, and 9 hours in a bus, we got to Quito, only to leave Ecuador the day after!

We had just one day to spend in Quito, and what better way to visit a capital city than with a tour of its hospitals?

Remember that fall on the spikee branches a few days back? One of the splinters was still buried in my finger and it was getting infected, so I had to take care of this before we moved on.

We were recommended to a first clinic. We got there and they said they would charge 500USD to remove the splinter! Seeing our pale faces they suggested we try with another clinic !

Indeed the next clinic was charging 25USD for the same. The doctor was super nice and a few needle stings later I left with an open finger, a big bandaid and still enough time to visit some of the city 🙂

The doctor has suggested we try the cable car that leads to an amazing view of the city, so we went straight there. But by the time we reached it was starting to be cloudy and rainy. When we reached the top, we had an amazing view on white, blank, nothingness! And an hour long queue to get back down since everyone else felt the same way.

We only had a few hours left for an evening stroll in the historical center. The next morning we had to wake up early for our flights.