After what feels like forever, I have finally arrived in Quito, in one piece, with my luggage! Praise The Lord! There's a few lessons to be learnt from this:
1. Never give up. Although, if you really think about it, sometimes it's better to give up and start all over again. But one must always try. It may work out in the end, and the end is always worth the try.
2. Never transit in Singapore so help you God! After all the hullabaloo about not having a return ticket, none was asked of me by the immigration at Ecuador. I still disagree with Singapore's interpretation of having a return ticket, as long as I can show that I am exiting a country at a certain point in time, I don't see what the big fuss is.
The weather is Quito is really cold. The hotel people was supposed to pick me up from the airport but due the numerous changes in schedule, they didn't show and I don't blame them. I took a cab to the hotel, had a shower after 3 days (who knew I could go 3 days without bathing!), washed some clothes and now I'm ready for bed!
Except that I'm not at all sleepy because it's about 2.00 pm Malaysian time. And I forgot to ask for the wifi password and for some strange reason although I have roaming, I can't send any sms-es. So I'm incognito for a while and I'm sure people are worrying about me but there's nothing I can do about that now.
The locals here that I've met thus far are really nice. Language is going to be a problem but that's the least of my worries. They look a bit like Red Indians, and although they all speak Spanish, there are 23 different local dialects in Ecuador used by different tribes here, the most famous being Quecha (not sure of spelling).
We'll see what happens tomorrow!
1. Never give up. Although, if you really think about it, sometimes it's better to give up and start all over again. But one must always try. It may work out in the end, and the end is always worth the try.
2. Never transit in Singapore so help you God! After all the hullabaloo about not having a return ticket, none was asked of me by the immigration at Ecuador. I still disagree with Singapore's interpretation of having a return ticket, as long as I can show that I am exiting a country at a certain point in time, I don't see what the big fuss is.
The weather is Quito is really cold. The hotel people was supposed to pick me up from the airport but due the numerous changes in schedule, they didn't show and I don't blame them. I took a cab to the hotel, had a shower after 3 days (who knew I could go 3 days without bathing!), washed some clothes and now I'm ready for bed!
Except that I'm not at all sleepy because it's about 2.00 pm Malaysian time. And I forgot to ask for the wifi password and for some strange reason although I have roaming, I can't send any sms-es. So I'm incognito for a while and I'm sure people are worrying about me but there's nothing I can do about that now.
The locals here that I've met thus far are really nice. Language is going to be a problem but that's the least of my worries. They look a bit like Red Indians, and although they all speak Spanish, there are 23 different local dialects in Ecuador used by different tribes here, the most famous being Quecha (not sure of spelling).
We'll see what happens tomorrow!
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