Cook's Delight

Our trip to the Telefrigo was last week
When the sun was remarkably hot
They came for us and took us up their by car
And Oh! what a great view we got
Its a bit of a pain walking up all those stairs
And the escalators had broken down
But we got to the place where the cable cars race
up the mountain away from the town
5 people cars whisk you up to the stars
And my friends all of them nervously
Were sweating a bit
frightened, just to sit
But they came and they did it for me
If you pay double fare you get put in a line
And you get express treatment
to me that was fine
So I paid for them all and we were soon on our way
To the Top of the World thats what people say
Of course its much colder so what you must do
Is take a thick sweater to enjoy the view
Quito spreads into the valleys below
it has such expression it just seems to grow
Outwards and inwards its just everywhere
caressing the mountain with really such care
the rooves multi-coloured, reflections of cars
It does look like toytown viewed now from Mars
And then Cotopaxi the greatest of all
She's the mother of all volcanoes so tall
Her beautiful form unchallenged I'd say
A wonderful sight that takes your breath away
The new airport site,yes it you can see
We stopped and took photo's
Its a great place to be
Then back down the mountain
white faces and tears
Down to the fun fair that
generates fears
They wanted to go on the most dangerous ride
But for me with my leg it would have been suicide
So I sat in the sun watching others display
A great deal of nerve and involvment that day
Then back to our friends for a lovely late lunch
Potato and corn soup, and salad and munch
some figs in raw sugar,and fresh juice so sweet
A wonderful day that will be hard to beat.

Thanks to all the friends who made it possible