Quito Travel Blogs

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 5…

We arrived to Ofelia station at 2:40pm. We weren't in a hurry, so we took the trolley and then the bus. We were thinking we had plenty of time and went to Jerry's Spanish School. So good we went there. The secretary told us that the terminal he knew had been close. Now we had to use a modern a…

My alarm was set for 4am, but I woke up earlier, hehehe. Everything was ready to leave. Just took a quick shower and grabbed my stuff. It was a bit cold, but the taxi was already waiting for me. This taxi driver was very helpful and it didn't took us more than 10min to arrive to the airport. Street…

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…

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 …

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 c…

Two weeks volunteering and travelling in one of the most diverse and amazing countries in the world - Ecuador!!

Flight back to Lima wasn't direct. There was a stop in Quito, but a really short one. Passengers not staying in Ecuador weren't able to leave the plane. Just had to wait, pfff. After a nice flight. OMG I was so tired and sleepy... we arrived to Quito. We landed a couple of minutes before 8am and to…

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 …

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 t…

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 o…

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…

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 …

There are many ways to get ripped off in South America. Marie and I seem to have found a knack of stumbling upon them. So far, we´ve been ripped off by taxi drivers, a travel agent and a "helpful" airport official working in tandem (conniving buggers did us for about $40 on top of our flight ticke…

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 ca…