In one of the greenhouses in the gardins they had what are called carnivourous plants which are kind of like venus fly traps. Apparently they eat insects and bugs and apparently even rats. Some of them were huge, it was pretty gross. This one looks a lot nicer than the other ones.
You can´t see the sign in front of this plant but it´s says coffea arabica, a coffee plant. Coffee here mostly comes in the form of instant which Georgia, you know I don´t mind, especially when I´m feeling lazy. In my house though, my host mom always offers me leche (milk) or tea. You´re supposed to put the instant coffee in the warm milk which is not really that appetising to me so I usually just have tea. At school though, we boil water and put the instant coffee in that which I just drink with a little sugar cause there is no milk. Oh well, coffee is coffee!
Yesterday I went to El Jardin Botanico in Quito which is a Botanical Gardins. It was really pretty and they had some pretty cool plants and flowers but i would have to say I´m spoiled by the Botanical Gardins in the Bronx. The gardins here is located in a big park where there were a ton of people hanging out on the lawns and a ton of kids running around. Quito is a pretty polluted city and you have to cover your mouth when they busses pass by in order to protect your face from all the exhaust so it was nicee to go somewhere a little less dirty for the afternoon. There are also a ton of orchids there which, mom and dab, I´m sure you would have appreciated.
In one of the greenhouses in the gardins they had what are called carnivourous plants which are kind of like venus fly traps. Apparently they eat insects and bugs and apparently even rats. Some of them were huge, it was pretty gross. This one looks a lot nicer than the other ones.
You can´t see the sign in front of this plant but it´s says coffea arabica, a coffee plant. Coffee here mostly comes in the form of instant which Georgia, you know I don´t mind, especially when I´m feeling lazy. In my house though, my host mom always offers me leche (milk) or tea. You´re supposed to put the instant coffee in the warm milk which is not really that appetising to me so I usually just have tea. At school though, we boil water and put the instant coffee in that which I just drink with a little sugar cause there is no milk. Oh well, coffee is coffee!
Yesterday I went to El Jardin Botanico in Quito which is a Botanical Gardins. It was really pretty and they had some pretty cool plants and flowers but i would have to say I´m spoiled by the Botanical Gardins in the Bronx. The gardins here is located in a big park where there were a ton of people hanging out on the lawns and a ton of kids running around. Quito is a pretty polluted city and you have to cover your mouth when they busses pass by in order to protect your face from all the exhaust so it was nicee to go somewhere a little less dirty for the afternoon. There are also a ton of orchids there which, mom and dab, I´m sure you would have appreciated. 
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