Driving in Quito

My oh my. We are so glad Cristina was driving. It takes only one person to mess up the flow, but as long as everyone is changing lanes at will (they are pretty good at using their signals), things seem to go well. They appear to be used to people infringing upon their lanes, and missing cars by an inch or less is common. Whether in a bus or in a car, the number of what we would call "near misses" happened every minute. Cristina and Patricio are both good drivers and make their way around easily, and the bus drivers are incredible. Don is just glad he wasn't trying to drive the RV. He continually commented on the expertise of the bus drivers, both in Peru and in Ecuador. He even took some pictures of how close the drivers would come to various obstacles - too close for Don to attempt, for sure - but they do not come close to showing how difficult the driving was! Our driver to Urubamba and Machu Picchu was so skilled, I called him the "maestro del autobus." He always smiled because he knew we appreciated his expertise.