Page 3 of Geoff Elliott Travel Blog Posts


South America » Ecuador » North » Quito February 11th 2013

Part of my aclimatization in Quito was to visit some museums (musea -- someone help me with my Latin?), so quick blog here with photos of Casa Del Alabado, Museo de La Ciudad, y Museo Camillo Egas, all easy walking in Centro Historical. Also all churches have some sort of history/museum as well, getting good sense of history and "paleo-hydrology." Marvelous! Note photos are OK in museums here without flash.... read more
Archeo 1
Archeo 2
archeo  2 arching

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito February 11th 2013

Hola! I spent a few days in Quito getting acclimated, collecting some materials for classes, meeting the local Walsh Ecuador team, and learning more about Ecuadorian watershed/water systems/ecology with local Permaculturista Jean Brown, some history/art/music. Highlights include: * Beautiful city, very walkable (getting in shape for Malingua) * Fascinating architecture, layer upon layer upon Inca upon predecessors * Art, culture, and music everywhere (more later) Also making good progress on *Biology of Soil* which is on my Sabbatical bucket list. Thanks for reading, ...geoff... read more
1 Hotel San Francisco de Quito (SFQ) front door on Calle Sucre
2 Hotel SFQ up toward my room on left
3 Hotel SFQ over patio

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito February 8th 2013

Finally on my way after final night balancing Superbowl and needed to jettison much gear to meet size/weight requirments. K8 and Samm dropped me off at airport, thank you family, then uneventful flights until attempting to land in Quito X2. Heavy rain + other planes with less fuel than us, so we continued on to Guayaquil to fuel and wait for weather. Back to Quito and into hotel late but safe and sound. Settling into Hotel San Francisco de Quito, built in 1702, beautiful, comfortable, and now getting acclimated. More on Quito after i get this blog going.... read more
2 GSE sendoff
3 GSE on plane
4 AA GPS MAP




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