Quito Travel Blogs - Page 9

Welcome to my lovely circuit around the Latin world. I designed the trip around seeing a few of the rare wonders of the world that few people ever imagine experiencing. I hope you enjoy a vicarious thrill by following my short trip through the west coast of our Spanish speaking neighbors.

With a population of 1.4 million, Quito is nestled along a valley floor beneath a number of large hills and dormid volcanoes. Running North to South, it is about 6km wide and 50km long so its very narrow and it is also very high, sitting at 2,850m above sea level - which when you first arrive,…

Before beginning my list of both professional and personal grievances I would like to set aside a moment to discuss a curious entity that has entered my life. She is known simply as 'Crazy Neighbour Lady', the reason for this being that she is quite simply insane. Before I continue, I must state th…

I have been to many amazing places and have seen many beautiful things. There is no other place in this universe I would rather live!

Travelling South America in one month ;)

Our route through Central and South America..

Left Pasadena, CA

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.

...so we made it out of Atacames succesfully.... and im now writing from Quito. Not a bad city in the andes. Things to do, churches to see, mountains to climb........So quito is great... we checked out the old colonial town, climbed the basilica (a chruch - with 80m high belltowers), went up the go…

Well I have semi safely managed to negotiate Colombia!  Other than arrivals and departures it is an absolutely amazing country! So... I departed for Heathrow at 5am in the morning bound for Colombia´s Caribbean coast via Madrid and Bogota.  However Heathrow surprise surprise was in choa…

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After a 17 hour bus ride from Mancora on Tuesday, I arrived in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It's at high altitude, over 2500m, I think the second highest capital city in the world after La Paz in Bolivia. It has a charming old town and is attractively situated in the mountains and also a few kilo…

Arrived in Quito Friday 26th, Stayed In Mariscal in Hostel Vamara, Mariscal is part of the new town, so not many big sites there but lots of bars, cafes and lots of tourists, mainly Amercians!! 2nd day Visited the Historical Centre, which is surrounded by old Colonial Buildings,…

Today I am off to Quito, Ecuador to go to the Galapagos Islands with Gap Adventures.I get up this morning for a final breakfast of Bananas and apples at the Hostal Pukara with a few people from my Intrepid Group.Then I am off to the airport, 3 hours before my flight to fly to Quito, Ecuador. At Air…

I spent ten days on a boat in the Galapagos Islands, with a couple of days on either side in Quito, Ecuador, and surrounding area.