Quito - Colonial Splendour
August 13th 2008 To get to Quito we took a 2 1/2 hr bus to Manta up the coast from Puerto Lopez and pretty much got straight onto an 8 hour bus to Santa Domingo. It was a long trip (particularly with no toilet or toilet stop!) but some of the scenery was great with jagged lumpy hills - the local transport in that area was horseback. Once we finally arrived in Santa Domingo we found there was a whole load of hotels
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