Blogs from Latacunga, Centre, Ecuador, South America - page 2

After last day in Banos including one last visit to guitar shop, traveled to Latacunga which is Capital of Cotopaxi Province and home to Latacunga Rotary, local club supporting efforts in Malinguapamba (MP) and having excellent track record on many projects, mostly related to education and clean water. Local President Santiago Sansur reviewed some of their projects with me including support for Guardaninos (day care), schools, Adult homes, and of course the recent Irrigation/Potable water project in MP. Interesting ideas on getting plants to grow in drier areas. They are in MP project planning and committed to continued collaboration with Colorado Rotaries, certified, and set up for quality control such as audits. Excellent!... read more

July 21: Latacunga from Mindo: We woke up at 5:30am to catch our 6:30 bus back to Quito. After arriving at Terminal La Ofelia, we tried to do what the bus folks had told us to do in order to get to the south terminal, Quitumbre. First, we took a taxi for $2.50 (although the bus folks had told us it should cost a dollar) to the north terminal, Carcelen. Arriving there, we did our best to find the bus to Quitumbre, but none of the ticket sellers would/could sell to us and kept giving us the roundaround, sending us from one window to another. Finally, we asked one of the guards and he said we just had to wait for that bus to show up, then the driver would tell us what window to go ... read more

Rano sme, ako obycajne vstali a urobili si nase oblubene ranajky - vajicka. Mame so sebou varic, panvicku a varechu takze nieje problem. Celkom tu na vajickach ulietavame a dnes sme ich mali 8 dokopy, ani nam to neprislo asi to je z toho vsetkeho chodenia. Na najblizsich par dni sme si naplanovali navstevy okolitych, malych, pomerne bezvyznamnych andskych dediniek. Najzaujimavejsie na tychto dedinkach je to, ze sa da vidiet ako ziju obycajni chudobni Ekvadorcania. Nasa prva zastavka bola Pujili. V Pujili sme navstivili velmi pekne namestie s kostolom a miestny trh, kde sme si kupili zvlastne vyzerajuce ovocie a cukrovu trstinu /cukrovou trtinu/, ktora sa zuje a je velmi osviezujuca a sladka. Tiez sme tu videli zatial najhorsieho vyzerajuceho bezdomovca. A potom sme vyrazili dalej. Dalsia zastavka mala byt Tigua, ale ked nadiesiel cast vystupovat ... read more

Le lien vers les videos se trouvent a la fin du texte. Videos a the bottom of the text. english version below Arrives a Latacunga, on a retrouve dans le meme hostel Bruno et Berengere avec qui l’on avait passe la semaine aux Galapagos. Ce fut une soiree de plus bien sympathique. On devait partir aussitot pour voir le volcan Latacunga. Mais les 4 derniers jours etaient charges en activites sportives et on avait vraiment besoin de se reposer. On a ainsi reporte notre depart au dimanche matin. On a decouvert dans l’hostel que l’on pouvait faire un tour complet en 2 jours de marche pour voir le volcan au lieu de faire un aller retour dans la journee. On part le 1er jour pour Isinlivi, un petit lieu dit dans les montagnes. On monte a ... read more

The town of Latacunga, the capital of the province of Cotopaxi is chaotic on a Saturday, arriving mid day, lots of things going on I noticed as the bus crossed the blue bridge and into the narrow streets, i was the only one left in the bus, the driver told me to get off, i said take me to the terminal, he said it was before the bridge where everyone else got off! I got annoyed and yelled at him and the bus conductor, why the hell did they not tell me! Just gave me a blank stare back. Mumbling to myself I collected my backpack, I started to walk aimlessly, the bus is stuck in traffic, the bus conductor was shouting me directions on how to get to the terminal, f..k off I said under ... read more