Teleferico Quito

Monica always asked me: Why do you like Quito??? Hhmm - good question. Not able to walk the streets at night (and day) without fears of being robbed, Ecuador's 'crime capital', big, noisy and full of traffic. But still - a lot of charm, history, stunning setting in an Andean valley and flanked by up to 6000 m high volcanic peaks.. Yes, I do like …

Nach
einem wackligen Frühstück (es gab ein kleines Erdbeben) in der Casa Helbling fuhren wir
trotz Wolken, die sich in Quito scheinbar nie ganz verziehen, zum
Hausberg Quitos: dem Pichincho.

Im
Westen Quitos befindet sich der Teleférico, die höchste Seilbahn
Südamerikas. Sie brachte uns von 2.950 auf 4.100 Meter Hö …

So this will be a short post because I really only spent one full day in Quito. They say Quito is quite unsafe and. I felt a little of that vibe but as usual luck and being sensible got me through my time there. The other thing I noticed was that people assumed that you couldn't speak Spanish and were quite rude when you spoke it at them. For …

Early start again!!! Dharms decided to wake up at 6.30. Very annoying but probably a good thing as we managed to do a lot. We started with a trip up the Teleferico (cable car), which took us up to 4100m, high above Quito. Once up, we decided to walk up a further 100m, which wasn't a good idea as I started to feel a bit weird, had earache and fuzzy …

We left Buenos Aires for the capital of Peru, Lima. After a hideous five hour flight we arrived at our hostel in the Miraflores district of Lima. The next day we decided to explore the centre of the city - we didn't realise it was 40 mins away in a taxi! We went to the centre and had a walk around - the architecture was lovely but it didn't really …

Day 1

After 1 hours sleep, the trip to the airport was a tad stressfull! Motorway closed in parts, running ever so slightly late, and needing a final good brew when all Maccys sold us was tar ...... was not a brilliant start to the journey! Then, finding out I had to queue when I had already checked in online = a running Hannah to make …

A day that started out with little planned ended up being a really great one!
Just three of us met up today, Nikki, Dewey, and I, at Quicentro. We hadn't explored Parque La Carolina yet, although we walk by it all the time, and decided that today should be that day. Carolina Park is a gigantic sports park for people of all ages (http://www.in- …

miraculously, daryn and I made it through our week of Spanish School, leaving with a solid grasp of what can only be described as franish - french + spanish. turns out using a french word (or a guess at what it might be in french) in place of a spanish word does not result in greater accuracy; this is unfortunate as this is our preferred (and only …

My first full day in Quito! After almost 12 hours sleep I woke feeling knackered but was determined to make it to breakfast as after no dinner the night before I was starving! The buffet breakfast was surprisingly good...I ate everything going...then realised I'd missed the hot food options so went up to try that too....scrambled egg, eggy bread, …

Ecuador must be the last place where you can find diesel for $1.05 per gallon.
The Ecuadorian Sucre lost its value so much in the late 90s that they decided to switch to the US dollar. (I still don´t really understand how countries can do this).
By 2000 the Sucre was worth 25 000 to $1 so you can see why they might make such a change.
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... but said yes so again we avoiding the tax desk and just went through.  Nobody batted an eye-lid so I was on my way to Quito, Ecuador and our 23rd country of the trip.  I spent most of the flight writing the blog and sat next to a man with the ...

... there are 3 main tourist attractions that stand out. "La mitad del mundo" or equator line is about 20km further north out of Quito, the Teleferico ride up to 4200 meters to enjoy the view of Quito and the Old Town and view from "Panecillo" of the old ...

... getting on or off or children involved). You can also flag a bus to stop for you anywhere (another good idea for OC transpo). We are hoping to go to the new teleferico. Google it so you can check it out. I better go. I hope you are all well. ...

... disappear off to the Galapagos tomorrow. There are some beautiful parts in the old town, and yesterday we went on the infamous 'Teleferico', which is a 6 person bubble car that soars up out of the city, to a shoulder at 4100m on the mountains that tower ...

Sup sup y´all. So i´ve arrived in Quito; the capital of Ecuador, and the South American Capital of History and Culture for 2011! Since arriving on the 24th of January, I can see why the city has earned this title. There are seemingly countless ...

... hike the crater lake that is a few kilometers away from there. To Mindo to hike in the cloud forest, and to the teleferico in Quito. Also possibly going to Riobamba to take the historic train known as the Nariz del Diablo. This is all before starting our ...

... is over.  Although I´ve been here two weeks, there´s so much I haven´t seen.  This morning, I rode the teleferico (cable car) up to the top of the volcano that overlooks the city.  It´s still considered an active volcano and spewed ...

... nbsp;   We nog geen Spaans spreken maar al vlot Spanglisch. -         Ze in Ecuador doen alsof ze alles weten, maar eigenlijk gewoon aan het liegen zijn. -         ...

... a Swiss lover, but she hasn't told us that yet. Maybe that discussion will come later this week. After school we went up the Teleferico, which was pretty fun. It was a good view of the city while it was still sunny, and then we got to watch the ...

... gekleideten Leuten die zum großen Teil auch nicht aussehen als ob sie so starke indigene Wurzeln haben. Die Stadt ist riesig, vom Teleferico kann man kilometerweit die Stadt sehen. Die Zentren sind Old Town da wo die schönen alten Gebäude sind und New ...