I met up with Clarkey again at Quito airport and together we caught a shuttle to The Backpacker’s Inn in Quito. We stepped out of hostel the following morning and were greeted by a vagrant hurling a brick at us! Fortunately it missed but we decided to head the other way down the street. Not the warmest welcoming to Ecuador!
Our hostel was in an area called Mariscol which has heaps of cool bars but is quite dodgy at night. We only stayed in Quito for 2 nights and took it fairly easy, only venturing out to explore the old town which is quite picturesque (but nothing too much to write home about) and visited some travel agencies to book a Galapagos Islands trip.
