Quito Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

For my second entry written from Quito I wanted to let you know a little bit about the geography, or landscape of Quito.  First of all, Ecuador is right on the equator, which means it is in both the southern and the northern hemispheres.  In fact, Ecuador gets it's name from the Spanish word for equator.  I visited "Mitad del Mundo" which means...

Well, i decided now was a good time to return to the farm to pack up my stuff and say farewell (again). The last few days at the farm have been fun... most people were ill so new volunteers were being sent away for at least a week to prevent them catching anything and they´re testing the water (water filter and chlorination machine are arriving ...

Hello, think some of you may have read this one already, it wasn´t quite finished I didn´t think it would be on the blog yet, hence to the observant it´s not quite yet been a week. Now i´m trying to edit it and upload the pics of the Old Town and very frustratingly it didn´t upload the pics that I spent ages putting the comments to etc etc... So...

Well I can say that there's nothing specifically exciting about this entry. It's just that I haven't written in a while - if you all haven't noticed. I can't recall my previous entry, it's sad. Right now, my not-any-more puppy is taking a late evening nap on the 2 feet by 4 feet brown shag rug, making snorting and sniffling sounds. I am watching...

Here I am in Quito, a great city in my opinion, reflecting on the last 6 weeks of my life. I`ve come a long way from Santiago to Quito and have had many great experiences along the way. The trip has never been without excitement or friends and it is something that I will never forget. The hardest part is not wanting to leave but rather to contin...

(In English) Lors de mon séjour en Birmanie, j´avais pu commencer a comprendre le fonctionnement de ce régime, et surtout de ce peuple: sa situation dans un pays dictatorial, et face a un Occident qui ne vient pas a son aide. Lors des événements récents je n´ai pas ressenti d´urgence a partager cette compréhension incomplète que j´ai de la situa...

Quito (Hostel Revolution), our final stop, back in the northern hemisphere. The perfect place to balance an egg, or so Deborah proved. Had a good wind down to our three months traveling here in Quito and to top it off we met a mad bunch from Longford (sounds like a nice country from what they were saying about the place but I doubt we'll be able...

As my trip in South America comes to an end, I look back and reflect on what I´ve learned. Short and sweet. The 10 Things I Learned In South America (in no particular order) 1. Yes, everyone is looking at you. 2. When in Buenos Aires, vegetarian or not, you eat steak, period. 3. When asking a price, never ask "Is this for one or both?"....You ju...

Just a quick hello and hopefully some photos. Having a bit of hassle trying to up load them , so have a bit of patience (Brenda). Last night i spent my first night in a hostel. It was deadly, lots of nice people and nice food and it turned out to be a bit of a session in honor of my first night in ecuador not that anyone needed a reason. The hos...

Today I had one of the more surreal experiences so far of travelling in South America. On a noticeboard in the hostel are several messages from western inmates at the main Ecuadorian prison asking for people to visit them. We are told that these people rarely recieve any visitors and as everything in the prisons here needs to be bought, they wou...