Tolken fans might be surprised to learn there is another middle earth. We bypassed Tolken’s middle earth in New Zealand, so the least we could do was visit the Ecuadorian one. Mitad del Mundo is the equatorial line (or close enough to it), dividing the Northern and Southern hemispheres. We were told it was like Disneyland. [...]
The neighborhood we are staying in seems to be relatively safe, our Spanish teacher was quite concerned because he thought we were further south. The most populated tourist areas, old town and new town, are the dangerous areas—being sandwiched in between them leaves us a corridor of safety. We spent our first day in Quito wandering the [...]
Oh, the places we´ll go We´re off and away We´ll look up and down streets. Look ‘em over with care. About some we will say, “I don’t choose to go there.” With our heads full of brains and our shoes full of feet, we´re too smart to go down any not-so-good street. And we may [...]
