Quito

We have got a little tired of the same colonial old town and new town combination that makes up South American cities, so we decided to view Quito from a different vantage point. This one was 4,500m above Quito, so we went up a cable car just under 2,000m and then walked up a bit further. Bearing in mind that we arrived from sea level the night before this probably wasn't one of our wisest decisions, turns out that walking and hiking at that altitude becomes hard!

The views above Quito were very cool, as it is one giant city surrounded by mountains. We wanted to walk all the way up to another peak at 4,700m but at 4,500m we found ourselves in the middle of a cloud and had to sprint back down the mountain before we were completely drenched in ice cold water mist.