Blogs from Quito, North, Ecuador, South America - page 161

Helt underbart att vara i Ecuador! Tank att vi ar har. Vi har nu inlett etapp 4 av varan dromresa vilket ar 1 vecka i huvudstaden Quito och sedan Galapagos oarna. Resan fran Mancora i Peru var en annorlunda upplevelse. Vi borjar val bli vana nu..men en direktbuss innebar INTE direkt har i Sydamerika! Bussen gick sonder efter 1 timme sa vi fick byta buss strax innan gransen Peru-Ecuador. Efter tva stopp for exit stamp och entry stamp foljde ytterliga ett stopp for att byta forgasare..se bild. Tur att det finns glass aven har!! Bussen gick sen via Guyillaquil, sen byte tillden sista bussen som var riktigt lyxig och tog oss hela vagen till Quito. Anlande kl. 06:00. Tog folje med nagra engelska backpackers till ett frukoststalle i city (Magic Bean). Antligen framme! Under dagen foljde ... read more

Hey there yáll, this is the mighty Rich signing in under Jenny´s name cos mine still doesn´t work. We´ve found our feet okay, left our hovel and gone to a better place where you don´t have to stay up all night through fear of the staff. Also we´ve got down with the food (kind of), do as the lacals do for cheap food, and we have overcome the language barrier by simply sitting and looking confused till they bring food in the hope we´ll go away. We´ve been up to much of late, although much of it has involved sitting around in Quito planning today´s mammoth expedition of poor fortune, as will be seen. We intended to go on another intrepid expedition into a 4k wide volcano crater, but got it inspiringly wrong. The bus we ... read more

Well, we arrived in Quito mid afternoon local time on Wednesday, which means I´d been up for about three days. Damnit. Found our feet fairly quickly, and found a decent place to kip. Unfortunately that was too pricey and now we reside in an annex of hell, with dubious electrics and novel plumbing. But at three dollars a night it´s all good. Had fun trying to fit in with the locals (see attached pictures) and generally melting into the crowd in the manner of a six foot skinhead amongst a population of dwarves with girly hair. food is cheap, and good. Tapas is variable and cheap, but we´re feeling homesick so we´re off for a (probably dog awful) curry in a minute. weather is better than Britain (not hard, but 27 degrees C. today) and generally ... read more

I returned to The Old Town in Quito with a strong feeling of achievement. The Galapagos cruise that had been weighing on my mind for so long had been a huge success and was safely “out of the way”. With three days remaining, I could look back on my entire trip and see an amazing run - not one bad day came to mind. I was also excited to be going home, something that surprised me. I had an energy building inside me that I wanted to get home and focus. I felt a little weird about this final half-week. I had always pictured a seamless transition from the island beaches to the airport but instead I had a few days to fill before my flight (back) to Buenos Aires, and home. Checking in to The ... read more

Unfortunately we are unable to add any photos at the moment but we should be able to in a few days time. Today we visited the old town of Quito. Some of the buildings are from the 15th century and are still standing after surviving several major earthquakes. We drove to the highest point of the town for some spectacular views. We had the afternoon free and managed to visit a local park where there were some paintings and local crafts for sale. We visited the main shopping centre which would put the quadrant to shame. This evening we went to a restaurant where they had some traditional music and dancing. Tomorrow we are up again at 7.00am, after breakfast we leave Quito and make our way to Mindo, which is in the cloud forest. On ... read more