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DAY 11(THE SADDEST DAY OF THE TRIP) When we arrived in Guayaquil and some of the passenger’s vacation was not finished. About 6, was dropped off to catch a plane to Lima, Peru and some to Santiago, Chile.  We all clapped and wish them save travels.   We all arrived at 5pm, some of us happy to go home and some are melancholy …..ME :( I slept another 2hrs when we left Guayaquil.  We all collected our room keys and we all went upstairs to quickly change to g...

after a great & relaxed ecuadorian evening yesterday, which was exactly what i needed after my overheating / altitude overkill during the day, i enjoyed my last night at the hostel and as usual woke up early in the middle of the night!today we strolled through the quito old town and climbed the beautiful basilica, a great church near the secret garden. the ecuadorians really try to make a safe impression by having tons of police / paramilitary guards everywhere... there are at least 5 dif...

Kerry - After a good nights sleep in our hostel - Posada Del Maple, we re-packed our bags, went to pay fr our flights to the Galapagos Islands, and then in the afternoon headed out to investigate the old part of the city of Quito. Quito is a busy and noisy city, but also has some lovely old colonial buildings. The main square - La Plaza Grande is pretty impressive with a Catherdral and some shops around the edge of the sqaure. Lots of people were passing the day here by sitting and...

My travel  to Quito was by themes of work and therefore I travel in the company of coworkers, was nevertheless an opportunity to recognize a city that already visit at an earlier opportunity. He was pleased the visit a city that has advanced greatly and it is a city that has grown over by its topography and in moments like very much to my hometown La Paz.   Unfortunately the time we juice tricks, as for much of my free time I had was rainy, so on several occasions we had to take ref...

It's been about five days since I entered Ecuador, and so far I like it.  To be honest, I find the people here are friendlier and the overland transport is way cheaper than Colombia.  My first stop after crossing the border was the town of Otavalo.  It has a very large market where one can spend lots of money on lots of things, and that's just what I did.  I got all my Ecuador shopping done in one go.  I have five sisters and a niece, so buying gifts can be complicate...

First off the Quito airport is located right in the city...so the landing of planes is a regularly performed miracle. There is no room for error on the single runway. Yes I was a bit nervous! This city is surrounded by Mountains and Volcanoes. I took a ride on the Teleferico (cable car) which last about 10 mins but takes you to an altitude of 4050m. At the top you have an amazing view of the city and of the active Pichincha volcano. They have some great hiking trails, but being 4000 meters ab...

Hola mini liebe,quito hat mich wieder, wie schoen und laermig! bi am samschtig morge acho und ha sit dem duregfiiret...hihihi...( bi scho fascht fro wenn ich wider weg chume, de chani wider chli usruhe). momentan isch au no de schwager vom marco us duetschland uf bsuech, oeper meh zum fiire, aber tanze wot er bis ez nid (typisch europaeer!)an dsischtig hemmer grossi verabschidig vo dr tara gha, die isch am mittwoch morge uf venezuela glfoge...heul...tara! i miss you allready! mier sind zersch...

Well I´ve been here a week and it feels like much longer, I´ve done loads of stuff, I don´t know where to begin! Spanish school is over, I´m not sure I learned a great deal in a week even though my teacher gave me a test everyday. It was more like a refresher. I would have liked to do another week but need to start moving south this week. It served its purpose though, I got to settle in and meet other people. I went to school in the morning 8.30 until 12pm and then had the rest of the da...

Hi everyone, not really much to say for my first day but I wanted to let the worriers know that after an all nighter last night and about 15 hours of sleeping on planes and airports I made it here safely. I should have some stories soon and the free internet here in the hostel has camera card slots so I should be able to upload some pics soon.  Stay tuned...   I spent the day roaming through old town Quito.  It reminds me of Havana Cuba but cleaner.  As ex...

We´ve finally made our way to Quito, Ecuador after a fab three and a half months in Central America. We love this city! It has gorgeous colonial buildings and cobblestone streets, AND all the comforts of a capital city. We made our way to Mitad  del Mundo (centre of the world) to get all the obligatory cheesy photos at the equator... what is hilarious though, is that the huge monument, and  kinda lame 'theme park´that marks the spot is 200+ metres off the actual equator! In...

I´m spending around 1 year in South America, I´ve had an amazing time. Enjoy my pictures.

Travel photos from Ecuador.

On Sunday the presidential elections took place here in Ecuador.  It´s been very interesting to follow, with a huge amount of propaganda and publicity everywhere from posters, scrawlings on walls and adverts running across the tv screen during high-profile football matches!!  There were 13 candidates in total, and the aim was to narrow them down to two who will contst for the presidency towards the end of November.  The highest-profile figure was Rafael Correa, a friend of Hug...

I have now been just over a week in Ecuador, and 5 days volountereeing at the Rescue Centre in Tambillo.. I have swapped my corset, my mini skirts and my stiletto for waterproof jacket, waterproof ugly pants and wellies. Instead of shopping at the mall, I pick up shit on daily bases, lots of it and all kind of it. I usued to check my self in the mirror a good hundred times a day, now I have not seen my self in a mirror for over a week; my eyebrow are probably wild, like the rest ...

WE arrived to Quito late wed night and checked into out hostel, el Loro Verde.  Its a nice and clean place with spacious rooms and private bathrooms.  THe best thing is the location.. we are right in the middle of the Mariscal party seen in new town.  The area is full of cafes, hostels, bars, and nightclubs.  After getting some rest, Trey and I woke up and headed into old town which is the more hostiric part of Quito.  Old town rivals the beauty of Buenos Aires, with ...