Our First Stop Quito, Ecuador!

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Quito, Ecuador

After flying for 9 hours and 15 minutes we arrived in Ecuador! I immediately called my aunt to let her know I had arrived and we traveled for about 30 minutes from UIO to her house. We also saw some cool brochures for tours in Quito that we took with us; we finally decided on one and called for a free reservation. The cost for an amazing tour complete with a tour guide, transportation, lunch plus entrance fees was $197.98 for two adults. Overall our trip was great! We ate traditional Easter food at my aunt's house and even went out to some amazing restaurants to eat. We saw great sites that we will never forget. The total spent in Quito Ecuador was $1947.92.

Cost Breakdown of our Tour and food

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Lunch
Entrance fees


Total Price of Tour for 2 Adults: $197.98

Departure for the tour- 9:30 a.m
approx. 6 hours
arrival back to house around 3:30p-4:00p

Traditional Food that Ecuadorians eat on Good Friday, that my aunt makes: Fanesca which is a soup, with the primary ingredients being figleaf gourd (sambo), pumpkin (zapallo), and twelve different kinds of beans and grains including chochos (lupines), habas (fava beans), lentils, peas, corn and others, together with bacalao (salt cod) cooked in milk.

OR Dining (foods that we will be eating in resturaunts):

Empanadas de Verde (plantains filled with cheese)
Quimbolitios (a sweet cake steamed in a leaf)
Humitas ( Ecuador version of a tamale made fresh ground corn with onions, eggs and spices)

Total price spent in Quito Ecuador- $1947.92

Activities

Go to the old town of Quito and take a tour of the most historical building and enjoy the local food culture. The building that we would look at is the Monastery of San Francisco, The Independence Monument, Iglesia La Compañía de Jesús, The Archbishop’s Palace and Government

But We Can't Forget the Amazing Sites, Rich History and Facts About Beautiful Ecuador!!!

Race Destination #: 1

Country Visited:Ecuador

*Country Shape Classification:

*Country Development Classification: Developing Country

Specific Places Within Country Visited: San Francisco Monastery, the Independence Monument, and the Archbishop’s Palace and Government Teleferico

Country Capital City: Quito Capital City Population: 1.622 million

Country Government Type: Representative Democracy which is divided into three branches: executive. legislative, and judicial. There is also an anonymous electoral agency called the Tribunal Supremo Electoral.

Current Leader(s)/Party(s): President Rafael Correa

Ethnicities (%!b(MISSING)reakdown):Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and White) 71.9%!,(MISSING) Montubio 7.4%!A(MISSING)froecuadorian 7.2%!,(MISSING) Amerindian 7%!,(MISSING) White 6.1%!,(MISSING) Other 0.4%!<(MISSING)br>


National Languages(s): 93%!s(MISSING)peak Spanish (Castillian) the official language, 4.1%!s(MISSING)peak Quechua, other indigenous languages make up 7%!,(MISSING) and 2.2%!s(MISSING)peak a foreign languages.

Religion(s) practiced (%!p(MISSING)racticed): Roman Catholic makes up 93%!o(MISSING)f the population and 5%!p(MISSING)ractice another religion

Traditional Cuisine Descriptions: ceviche (a soup made up of shrimp, lemon, and tomato sauce), fanesca which is a soup usually only served during holy week (made up of figleaf gourd, pumpkin, beans, grains, salt cod, and milk), llapingachos (unripe plantains fried in oil, mashed up and then fried) & chorizo

Traditional Dress Descriptions:

Men’s Dress

Usually dress in a blue poncho, a fedora, a felt hat and white, calf-length knickers
They have a shimba- a long braid that hangs down nearly to the man’s waist


Women’s Dress

A white blouse, a blue skirt, and and a shawl
Jewelry is important (layers of bracelets and necklaces)



Famous sites of country: Cotopaxi (second highest mountain peak in the country and snow covered volcano), Quilotoa (beautiful crater lake), the Basilica of the National Vow ( a cathedral), and Cajas National Park

Country Population (most current available): 15.74 million'

Country Population (in 1900): 1,271,000 people

Average Life: Males 73.4 years Females 79.46 years

Country Literacy Rate: Age 15 and over can read and write; out of the total population 91.6%!o(MISSING)f the population is literate; 93.1%!a(MISSING)re males and 90.2%!a(MISSING)re females

*Country Murder Rate: 12.14 cases per 100,000 inhabitants

Crude Birth Rate: 18.87 births

National Infant Mortality Rate: 17.93 deaths/1,000 living births

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