Blogs from Quito, North, Ecuador, South America - page 19

Today I took a flash drive with all the photos Vicente Uyana and I took together to Teresa and Jaime at the restaurant they own near the Mercado Santa Clara in Quito.... read more

The Uyana family picked me up at the hotel in the Center of old Quito. We went to visit the Basilica in the Center of Quito. Then we went to the area in the north of Quito where the family lives. It is the place where Vicente was born and grew up and married Rosario and lived all his life except for the years he lived in Arlington. When Vicente was young the area had small farms, but now it it an extended suburban part of Quito. We had lunch are then we drove around the community where they lived. This is where the Church of the Brethren had a church, a school, a community center, and a cooperative to help farmers market their farm products.... read more

I couldn’t sleep late even though I went to bed at 2:30 AM, so I got up for breakfast. Jenny is a powerhouse of a women and she wanted to take Gretchen and me to a shopping mall to get our phone situation worked out. We also went to the supermarket near the B & B, and it started pouring rain so I got to use my umbrella for the first time on this trip.... read more

Last day Quito There's a park opposite the hotel and we decided to walk through to the town centre. It was like walking through an English park except the trees were mainly in full leaf but some were dried out apparently they have had a really dry season with lots of drought but now it seems to rain every afternoon. Traffic on the road so we took a taxi, the pollution is so evident and not nice to walk by the road. We arrived at the Plaza Grande then just walked and after buying postcards went to the Ronda where artists used to hang out. The whole road was refurbished and very quiet and there were many plaques with the names of famous artists. Looking for a coffee we came across someone who asked if we ... read more

Geo: -0.223151, -78.5127Well, here goes my day. I arrived at the Salt Lake City airport at 8:00 am for my 9:40 flight to Atlanta. The flight went off without a hitch and arrived in Atlanta as scheduled. After a two hour layover I boarded my 5 hour flight to Quito Ecuador.The flight from Atlanta to Quito was 5 hours and I watched two movies. Customs and luggage were easy and then we met some people who transported us to the hotel. When we arrived at the JW Marriott hotel in Quito we were greeted with hot towels and green tomato juice. Our Adventure Guides are Eduardo and Laura. They told us that we had an early morning and, since it was midnight we headed up to bed. In our room were duffle bags and chocolate bars. ... read more