Carl Pearson 1969 Journal Quito, Ecuador 28 June to The university, but need for charcoal and stone quarries might press more. Quito Mid-afternoon we took a taxi to the center of town, Plaza de la Independencia, to look around + at churches. We looked in several but still liked Santo Domingo best. In the plaza Mynal was besieged by shoe-shine boys who thought her dirty hiking boots were a good target. Pichincha We set traps up on Pichincha again this evening, a very cool one (it got down to 6°C in the city this night). Added streamer-tail to our list of Pichincha humming, + I was reminded we'd seen thrushes up there. This evening + night I started feeling rotten, + by Sunday morning was quite weak + sickly feeling, so I didn't go check traps. 29 June apaxi We left about 11am for Cotopaxi with Fernando, his wife + 2 brothers. I couldn't say how to get there, because the road to take is on precarious dirt one that turns off The Panamerican highway. Other weekend drivers knew about it though. We went through variations on páramo vegetation, depending on how rocky or bushy, but smothered with stipa? The bunch grass. Up high there was a sort of flat valley floor that was heavily grazed by herds.