Well, after Brazil, here we are in Ecuador and its capital, San Francisco de Quito. We arrived on Monday and very much saw Quito as a pit stop where to arrange our trip to the Galapagos from - a few days affair. We should have known better! Not that there is nothing to see in Quito, don't get me wrong. In fact, it is very much a tale of two cities: on the one hand, Quito old town which is absolutely packed with pretty squares, gorgeous churches and impressive buildings, on the other hand, Quito new town which is the active "live" city for business, leisure and shops. Quito old town is where the history happened. Another Unesco world heritage site (we seem to be collecting them!), it is overlooked by El Panecillo, mountain that sits
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