Ecuador by the Numbers (by Lizz)

4-Times we’ve seen Cuy (roasted Guinea Pig) for sale and Mike hasn’t eaten it

444-Number of stairs up Las Peñas for the best view of Guayaquil

2000AD-Year the Malacon in Guayaquil was constructed

900AD-Year Ingapirca was built

13-Bodies buried alive in a sacrificial tomb at Ingapirca

36-Number of hours we have spent riding buses in the last 7 days

6-Types of different transportation we’ve taken (bus, pirate ship, train, taxi, trolley, car)

2-Tourist sites claiming to be El Mitad del Mundo (Center of the World/Equator)

0-Actual number of sites exactly on the Equatorial Line (0´0´0)

$0.25c-Typical cost for a bottle of water

$0.50c-Asking price for 2 large pineapples

1.5 Lbs-Largest piece of meat Mike has ever eaten (a T-bone steak at least 1 1/2 inches thick!)

6-Dole banana plantations we’ve passed throughout the country

2-Times Lizz´s forehead has sunburned and peeled, despite wearing sunscreen

5-Hours riding on the roof of ¨El Nariz Del Diablo¨ train through the mountains

33 C-Degrees it is currently in Guayaquil (91 F)

9-Boys in one family we met in Otavalo...they also have 1 daughter

6:30AM-The earliest we’ve gotten up, in order to visit Otavalo market

7-Number of Catholic churches on one street in Quito, all built over historic Incan religious sites

50-(At least) the number of Chinese restaurants we’ve seen in Ecuador

1-Number of times we´ve eaten Chinese

5-Indigenous groups in Ecuador

2,800-Altitude in meters of Quito

6-Volcanos we passed

1-Volcanos Lizz actually saw

12-Number of students Mike´s host family has had over the years

1st-Mike´s rank amongst these students in terms of conversational and Spanish speaking ability (According to his host father)

6-Days Lizz has left in Ecuador :(