Tuesday night was quiz night. Our teams won 1st place (Lady GuaGuas) and 3rd place (The Pinchinchillas) so we had to have our prizes. 3rd place got a pitcher of beer to drink. 1st got $50 behind the bar to be used by Monday. So last night we went to use the 1st place prize, during happy hour. Lots of cuba libres were had. But this week is also Fiestas de Quito which are celebrations of the foundation of Quito as a city. We were told they were really dangerous. We just didn't expect them to be as dangerous as they got. Inside Finn McCools, we were fine. Had some creepers creeping but nothing out of the ordinary. We left at one point to go dancing at another bar. One girl from our group had gotten completely wasted so we took care of her, but there was a lot of other activity going on so there were NO cabs around. What other activity, may you ask? Well, we walked and saw a crowd of people, mostly police officers which didnt make sense. But there were 5ish people laying on the ground, hands on their heads, with masked gunmen pointing their guns at the people. I have never seen this in real life. It was scary. But we stayed and watched, I don't know if it was real or what was going on but it was mildly terrifying. Went back to Finns for safety, left, got home safe with a really nice cab driver. I get up this morning and see that two of my friends got mugged- like thrown on a wall as the robbers dug through their pockets for money.
I knew Quito was a dangerous city, but didn't really see things in real life until today. I just want to stay home now, or stay in super safe locations. Hopefully I can find these locations to stay.
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