Quito Travel Blogs - Page 2

Quito is a wonderful colonial city.. ans it's perfectly located to do completely different things in Ecuador.. With max one day trips, you can visit heart of the jungle, or beautiful beaches, or thermal complexes, or beautiful glaciers on top of the mountains, or indigenous villages, or adventure sport centers like rafting or skydiving, or active volcanoes with beautiful crater lakes.. Oh don't forget to visit The Middle of The World.. Mitad del Mundo :))

It´s been a great few days back in Quito with the Gekko group.  Our first day back we decided to go on a road trip up to the Cloud Forests 2 hours from Quito. A 6.45 start and we headed up to Ofelia bus terminal to catch the bus up to Mindo.  For the princely sum of $2.50 we got a 2 hour…

I´m spending around 1 year in South America, I had an amazing time. Enjoy my pictures, I'd do it again.

I spent a couple of days this past weekend in Quito with some friends. Our first outing was to the Teleferiq, a gondola lift where you can basically see all of Quito. It gets chilly up there, so if you're planning to go, make sure you bring a coat or a good sweater. If you're into biking, then…

***under construction, blog is forth coming***Finally, another trip of a lifetime! Who would have thought that I'd actually make it to the Galapagos Islands and solo, too!!! This is a trip that I would recommend to anyone who may be curious about this part of the world:) You won't regret the decision to go to the Galapagos Islands.

My first travel to Ecuador. It was so amazing, that i decided to go back to learn spanish...(See Blog Ecuador 2007). I was travelling with a group of 16 swiss people...and i was definitely the youngest one...hahaha. it was a great time, but won't do it again in group!

Tuesday was the day for Quito sightseeing. We saw the colonial quarter and newer downtown and had a panoramic view of the city from Panecillo Hill. There was time for shopping in the colonial quarter. Several of the Marine guards from the US Embassy were off-duty and lookin…

While working in Quito for a month, we decided to go hiking up on Mt. Pichincha. The mountain is so close, its pretty much apart of the city and it tops out at around 17,000ft. The cab was about 10 minutes. I had a blast. It was my first time doing any real hiking so I was instantly out of breath. …

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 …

First impressions of Equador....nice, first impressions of Euadorian bus conductors / entertainment jonnies........what a bunch of knobs....sorry misunderstood people!!!!!!! The bus itself was great, it was just the ticket collecting dude who seemed to have a problem with the world. The other two g…

I´ve been pretty lazy the last few days. I have a bit of a cold which has disabled me from being anything but miserable for most of it. Friday I just read, played cards, and visited the Magic Bean for dinner. I had stuffed peppers but couldn´t finish most of it.Thursday I didn´t really do anythi…

The day came to pick up the rental car.  I was excited as well as a little nervous.  I was nervous because, for the most part, I knew what the roads were like in Ecuador and it’s not something to look forward to.  Not only would this be an opportunity to take Dirk to the beach,…

Now we are in Quito, the last city of this trip, the final hurrah. (Sigh.) We wanted to do it up right, but we arrived kind of late in the day, 4pm, and it was a dreary day at that. After checking into the Radisson (Paul from CarpeDM Travel gave us a ride from the airport...nice!), we explored the …

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, hoste…

Ok my last day in Ecuador was pretty hiddeous. I had planned to have a leisurely day relaxing the day before my flight to Santiago. But this unfortunitely it wasnt the way it panned out. I thought first of all I was lucky because on the bus from Baños to Quito my bag…