Quito, Ecuador, Ecuador Travel Blogs

Great Start
Sep 1, 2005

... newly graduated Peace Corps Trainee: I have received information on a whole slew of them in the scandulous bus terminal of Quito) I initially kept walking for reasons I am not really sure of; perhaps because of the frusteration of the organization of this ...

I strongly dislike MIA (and Quito is pretty cool)
Jul 13, 2006

So here I am in Quito, Ecuador after an extremely long >24 hours of travel. I was scheduled for a 2.5 hour layover in Miami, but our 5:02 PM departure time came and went, without much of an explanation offered. Finally the news trickled through the ...

Thanksgiving
Nov 27, 2005

Dinner was nice. Ate with an embassy family, Michael St. Clair´s family. Michael was the chef and they didn´t have any servants which is also out of the norm for an embassy family... They lived in an Austrian Mansion built maybe 50 years ago. Probably ...

All for San Pedro
Jul 29, 2005 (5 photos)

Yesterday we, yes about 2000 people and myself, danced through the streets of Cayambe. I still don{t really understand exactly their religious reasoning behind it all (they say it is for San Pedro) but other reasons may consist of getting really drunk, ...

Isn't it hot and humid at the Equator?
Mar 10, 2008 (82 photos)

Arrive in Quito, Ecuador... a bit of information for those of you plannint to wander around S America some day...if you enter Ecuador, you need proof that you´ ...

im doing well
Jul 27, 2005

... the Festivities for St. Pedro yesterday which was at the park of Cayambe. Lots of very rich culture, food, dancing, and pride Ecuador has and I am sooo excited to keep on learning, immersing, and growing myself along with those who are involved with my ...

It's the middle of the world as we know it...
Jul 20, 2006 (6 photos)

... excluded, was very tan unless otherwise noted). I told him a little about my trip, how I'm hoping to travel through Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. I mentioned how I knew it would be very difficult to reach the northeastern part of the Amazon in Brazil ...

Leaving on a jet plane, better get seat 23A...
Jul 20, 2006

... on the plane...sorry about that). This put me about 7 degrees of separation away from the Arpis. In Ecuador, this means I'm family. They live in Quito, about a 5 minute walk from the Airport (read: convenience). The house is like every house here: ...

extraction from the islands....
Mar 21, 2008 (77 photos)

... are throngs of people in the streets....everyone is out...not only for the whole very serious religious theme going on for Semana Santa  but also to socialize and to festivalize... Quito at its best as far as I'm concerned...must be time to move on...

A slice of Home
Jan 24, 2007 (1 photos)

Hi, So I got a phone call last night!!!!! : ) Yes my frined Sharon called and it was so nice to have a chat with someone from home. Even if she killed herself laughing at me being called "Hulia" by Olga. (Sometimes I even get "Hulita" as a nickname). ...

Volcano Views and Bones in our Soup
Feb 2, 2005 (3 photos)

We made it to Ecuador! Monday was long, but no problems. We left Kzoo at 8:25 in the morning and after stops in Detroit and Houston, arrived in Quito at around 10:20 that night. We managed to pack light enough not to have to check anything (but had to ...

I'll make you famous!
Oct 25, 2006

Dean: Just to let you all know, we have added an extra entry for Boston (USA). It´s entry number 29 "I'll make you famous!". We will leave you to see what it is all about...

Conspiracy Theory
Jan 25, 2007

... we spend only 2 hrs in class and the other 2 we go on a field trip with the school to the top of a mountain here in Quito. Today it is "cold" according to the locals. It is 17 degrees! It is raining and the clouds are hanging low over the city. I ...

Questionnaire for Mollie
Dec 6, 2005 (7 photos)

... in Spanish with native speakers/teachers and received training on presenting all of the PC material on all of the issues that PC Ecuador is promoting. However, PC Ecuador is known for being the most organized and together, largely because we have gone the ...

4 months in...
Oct 25, 2006

... make it a great place to be, and I have fallen in love with diving in the Caribbean Sea! We are now in South America, in Quito, which has changed since we were here last (about five years ago). It seems to have come on in leaps and bounds and is a very ...

A Near Death Experience and the Return of Esteban
Mar 23, 2007 (20 photos)

... ?¨  While I´ve been sky-diving and bungee jumping in New Zealand, this was a tad different. First of all, I´m in Ecuador. Secondly, I´ve had little warning or time to think about it, and lastly, the whole operation appeared to consist of ...

Ola
Jan 17, 2007 (3 photos)

... is much cheaper here. .70 US an hour.In Panama city it was $2.50 an hour. We haven´t decided what to do here in Ecuador other than the Spanish classes and a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Anyone have any input? It sure was nice to be home over the ...

Hablamos Espagnol muy bien a hora!
Jun 15, 2006 (6 photos)

... city. We went to the square behind us where there were loads of tvs and supporters watching it. Was a great match (Ecuador won 3-0 if you didnt know) and the atmosphere was fantastic as hundreds of people were watching and getting very emotional about ...

And so it begins...
Jul 8, 2005

... Garden today after they were full yesterday, a very cool little hostel in town with an incredible rooftop patio overlooking the old city. Ecuador is going to be very cheap and give the budget a nice soft start (just finished a massive two course meal with ...

around quito
Jul 14, 2006

I spent my first full day in Quito walking around the Old Town part of the city and going to the Basilica here. We learned how to salsa (sort of) on the roof of the hostel last night. I walked around the city with Karen, who is from Atlanta and is also ...

Back to the start ...
Mar 21, 2006

... my knees on the kerb to get away from a yappy dog. Not one of my finest moments. - inadvertently asking a waiter in Ecuador for a well-known sexual position when I meant to ask for seafood pasta. - knocking a small boy over with my rucksack then ...

A big jump makes full circle.
Oct 3, 2005 (31 photos)

... how long we will stay in Ecuador before trying to make our way to the coast of Brazil. We will probably end up visiting Quito together before leaving Ecuador, but just in case we end up skipping it, I thought it safest to go here on my own for a couple of ...

Saying goodbye in Quito
Dec 20, 2005

... for one last time. On Monday morning, after Pete and Jen had finished their packing, we headed down to the Old Town of Quito for a bit of sightseeing... though we had spent quite a bit of time in Quito, it was always in transit to/from Galapagos or ...

Quito - Our first stop in South America
Oct 23, 2006

... was really good, and it fulfilled a craving I have had since the US. We didn't feel like we had seen much of Quito in our last trip to Ecuador (mainly due to altitude sickness) so we went to the old town to have a look around. We got the bus over and ...

Starting our overland advenure!
Jun 15, 2006

Met up with the rest of our group at the hotel which is posher than we are used to! Ben is our leader and driver and AJ another driver both from UK. Group is quite small - 13 in total which is good and from Oz, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway and Australia. ...

learning spanish and avoiding dogs
May 11, 2005 (3 photos)

... rented out the flat, and here I am starting my year away (if the money, or indeed I, last that long) at a language school in Quito, Ecuador (or Squito as I called it for the first few days but let's not go there). I'm staying with a family in the north of ...

Fortunately, waiting isn't so bad
Aug 25, 2005

... . Unfortunately, however, I don't have much else to talk about. So here's a little update on the political situation in Ecuador and how it may affect travel plans. Unfortunately, (no were not starting that again) there is an oil workers strike or ...

Middle of the World!
Jan 8, 2006

Well, I don´t know how much it cost Jules Verne to go to The Centre of the Earth, it cost me 20p to go to the Middle of the Earth on the local bus. Myself and Hiroko went to the site where the monument is, placed on the Equator, we took our photos standing ...

Semana Santa Procesión (Holy Week Procession)
Mar 21, 2008 (14 photos)

... highlight of the week is the Good Friday Procession, in which seemingly thousands of people participate.  The procession in Quito is a whole-day event, and starts at Plaza San Francisco in the morning.  The participants march throughout the ...

hiking on guagua pichincha
Jul 17, 2006 (15 photos)

... reaching under his seat). Andrew, Fen, and I rode the cable car up and took a few pictures from a scenic viewpoint of Quito. I should mention here that I was completely unprepared even for that--it was quite a bit cooler above the city than in it, and I ...