The Fiestas de Quito (or parties of Quito) are a celebration of the foundation of Quito that take place at the end of every November and last until early December. There are free concerts to the public everyday, processions for saints, and people go out to drink and just have fun. It is a pretty crazy time in Quito, but also really fun! In the picture above, we went to a free concert. We saw an indie band called La Máquina Camaleón performing. Here are some pictures with my friends over the week! Everyone gets ready to go out and party. And when I say people go out and party, I mean literally every night for around two weeks. I'm not even exaggerating, you see the streets packed even on Sunday night with people partying and acting crazy. Be sure to stay safe on the roads because on one of the nights I was taking an Uber back home with friends and got rear-ended by a drunk driver. Yikes! On another night we went on a chiva, which is a party bus. During this week of celebrations there are chivas picking up people all throughout the Avenida de los Shyris, and street vendors selling canelazo. Canelazo is a popular drink here made out of water boiled with cinnamon mixed with aguardiente, which is an alcohol made from sugar cane. There are little ropes to hold on to that hang from the roof, but to be completely honest they don't do much to help you stay balanced (especially when basically everyone on the chiva has had more than their fair share of canelazo). Here is a short video link to a video of us on the chiva so you can get an idea of what it looks like!:
https://youtu.be/Qm4fRVIjeok
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