riots

Today as we walked up to the massive (well, one of them) church here in Quito, an American guy came up to us and asked if we knew what was going on with the riots. We didn´t understand what he was talking about but when he pointed down the street we saw a bunch of police with tear gas, helmets and huge shields. Dylan got super excited and after looking at the church real fast we had to go and try to get as close to the action as possible. More police and military were blocking of a lot of streets and the ones we could walk on had piles of burning coal on them and finally we came close enough to see peole behind fences throwing huge rocks at the police. We walked into a little corner store and bought water and asked the owner if he knew what was going on.. "Problemos" he said. Wise man. Still curious we got a little closer, Dylan was like a kid on Christmas, but then the police started fireing tear gas and we got scared and got the hell out of there.

Now were sitting at an internet cafe a good distance from the riots and from what we have been able to find out I guess the president here just dissolved the supreme court.... that´s why people are pissed.

But other than that, Quito is still a pretty cool place. However, I´m excited to head to Baños tomorrow. From what we hear they have some of the best outdoor stuff in Ecuador, I´m hoping to do some horse back riding and Dylan wants to go rafting. It will hopefully also be cheaper, Quito is somewhat pricy.
Now I´m going to go look for batteries for our alarm clock so we can get up in time mañana.