Quito--sort of cool, but I'm out

Quito=big city
but not too big to
have covered multiple sights
on foot
in an ambitious morning.
Old town
new town
all around town
stores shuttered on Sunday
but church services
rocking out
sounding like the party bus
blasting from colonial buildings
and parks
closed contemporary galleries at the art museum
but spectacular museum of indigenous crafts, a highlight.
For lunch
A fish ceviche so good I almost cried
served with popcorn and banana chips and roasted corn kernels.
To drink, a rosero
sweet but refreshing
with pieces of corn and pineapple and strawberry.
Figs with cheese for dessert
in a gloppy molasses sauce
the figs were candied
not something I'll be ordering again.
Ambition faded in the afternoon
Quito=big city.
May I go sleep in the jungle tomorrow?
Cuban dinner
for pure convenience
near hotel
very good.
Tomorrow to the Amazon basin.