A little unpleasantness in Quito

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October 26th 2008

Published: October 29th 2008

Cuenca airport was so small that I thought the taxi driver was dropping me off at a warehouse, and I was only convinced he wasn't having me on when I saw the first of the 8 check-in desks. The flight to Quito was cloud the entire way, with not even one Ande, let alone a whole range of them, visible. The airport pick-up for my hostal in Quito never materialised, and this, plus the non-existent wi... Read Full Entry

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John McCabe

Jabe

I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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30th October 2008

Chris Loew
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Those aren't sloths
Those are anteaters, not sloths in the photo. Nice pictures though. Chris Loew

30th October 2008

Jabe
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Re anteaters
Thanks for the comment, Chris - too much nature recently ...

31st October 2008

Tom Rooney
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Nice blog, shame about the robbery
Thanks for the blog John, and sorry to hear about the robbery. I was also robbed in Quito with friends, and the security guards are no help at all. For your readers, I would strongly suggest that you do not walk around Quito at night especially if you are alone, and don't think for a minute the presence of security will make a difference. You will get robbed!! We saw one of the chief perpetrators from our unpleasant episode chatting to the same security guard on the corner the very next night!

5th November 2009

anonymous
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Yes, I'm ecuadorian and it angers me that these people do this to 'all' people, specially turists. I can only hope that the public wakes up and begin cleaning house since this reduces the potential visitors. Cheers.

31st January 2010

Ron Holborn
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robbed is a must in Quito
We were robbed at knive point in Old Town at 2:00 pm on the way up to the Virgin of Quito statue. The good news no injuries and it was our first day in Ecuador so no photos. Disposable cameras only in Equador 01/12/2010

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