Oy, I’m a bit sore. After class yesterday I had a great cheap lunch, internetted for a while, left the international traveler hostel district and managed to find an ultimate game in Parque la Carolina… so for all the others out there that might be web searching….
Ultimate In Quito:
Pick-up game is played at El Parque la Carolina on Tuesday and Thursday after 5pm. Ultimate Time. Latin America Time.
The crowd is very American and Canadian, with a German influence. I felt like I had stepped onto the field of another pick-up game in the States somewhere. I was trying to run hard as I generally try to do when first playing pick-up with a crew. Damn did I ever get winded. 2800m (9500’) are not to be fucked with. I kept up the game though, a bit rusty, but it was fun.
Turns out the ulti folks are getting together on Sunday am to go play a mini-tourney on some nice lush field outside of town - I reckon I’ll be meeting them Sunday morning at 8:30 am at the Mr. Bagel in order to leave for the fields.
As far as Saturday goes, there’s a one day music festival out of town, De La Tribu is playing, could you have guessed that they’re hip hop?
Maybe I’ll go to Otavalo to check out the market. Reckon I’ll call Rabah’s friend Beth to see what she’s doing.
I should get out of Quito, pickpockets and hold-ups are getting annoyong. My friend Michael had some thugs liberate him of $30 when he took a wrong turn walking back to the hostel at midnight. It’s all about carrying a $20 bill just to keep the bastards happy.
Posted by volker at February 6, 2004 02:58 PM