Quito Travel Blogs - Page 7

The most striking thing about Quito is its location.  It’s sprawled across a long, skinny valley in the Andes, and so Quito is a long, skinny city.  It´s only two or three miles wide but more than 20 long.  At 9200 feet, it doesn´t feel like a valley; it feels like a slightly fla…

Bus ride to Quito, mitad del mundo (middle of the world), blowdart practice, pizza, Papaya Net, Mariscal Sucre (where the action is in Quito...an area also known as gringolandia). Quito has in beteen 1.5 and 2 million people, is set in between 2 mountain ridges,therefore long and thin.  The n…

Los Angeles, CA to Quito, Ecuador. Stayed in Ecuador for one month going from Quito, to Tena/Misahualli in the Amazon, to Guayaquil on the coast, to Salinas, to the surf town of Montanita, back to Guayaquil to fly to the Galapagos Islands. We saw Isla Santa Cruz and Isla Isabella...truly an amazing place. Returned to Quito after 8 days in the Galapagos and then hopped a bus to Otavalo for the famous Saturday market. Ecuador is an amazingly diverse country and more people should travel there!

Since I am publishing these journals and photos many years after they actually took place (and before digital cameras which remember the date the photos were taken) I don't know when these pictures were taken. So these are the leftover pictures that I still wanted to post but don't know from which …

I travelled for a month In South America, went to Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. During that month, I visited many places for the time I had, so I didn't spend enough time at a same place to know people and their culture. Usually I visit less places but try to meet and live a bit more with locals. Next time I will be going to this part of world, I will focus more on people ;)

Mine and Vera's trip around South America

this is rediculous... breakfast was internesting... the owner could tell i was a gringo... so he asked if i wanted a english menu... of course i said yes...  after i got it... i noticed all the prices had stickers on them with a 50 cent increase... damn... once again - spanish could have…

Here you can join us on our motorcykle tour from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego (south america). We start our journey May 27, 2006 and we will be on the road for about a year! Read our complete story at our homepage: www.tobias-ingeborg.com

Ecuador was awesome... a country the size of the state of nevada with easy access to the andes mountains, amazon jungle, coastal communities, and vibrant cities. The official currency of the country is the american dollar and the transportation system is easy and very affordable. To top it off everyone is hospitable and willing to help.

welllll..we made it! After an initial feeling of culture shock, Quito has grown on me over the course of the day. Our hostel is nice and clean, but perhaps on the noisiest street in the city. Not really, but it´s hard to believe that buses and trucks go on the little street where it´s located…

In July I am going to Gambia for 6 months with Mondochallenge (www.mondochallenge.org); January is in Madrid learning the language before a 3 month tour of South America

I eventually make it to Quito after taking a night bus to the border town of Tumbes in Peru then catching a bus across to Ecuador before jumping on another night bus to Quito. This takes three days and I arrive in Old Town Quito at the well run "Secret Garden" hostel a little run down.I spend most …

So Bridget and I were finally off to explore South America after what felt like a fairly long month back in the UK! Yay us!!!! First leg of our flight was from London to Miami on American Airlines - seats OK, food crap. The fun really began when we hit Miami airport, with 1.5hrs to get our next fl…

Epica's Mexican / South-American leg of the "The Divine Conspiracy" World-Tour 2008

It´s been nearly 2 weeks of working at the Hospitals here in Quito. First, Alison and i worked at the ER all last week at Eugenio Espejo. I´ve seen so much blood, vomit, secretion, urine, stomach fluids and guts that i enjoy the thrill of the job even more.