Quito Hostels - Reviews and Rates

So nearly everyone from Yanayacu was congregating in Quito on the night of July 17th, so we decided to go too.

With just our daypacks we walked the 5km down to Cosanga and hopped on the bus. I hadn't eaten lunch and was really hungry. In Ecuador, the busses always stop to pick up people who sell snacks (and occasionally empanadas or bowls...

Mitad del Mundo = middle of the world. A little outside Quito, in a town called Mitad del Mundo, is a monument marking the equator. The marker is surrounded by a little village of craft shops and cafes. I was looking forward to seeing something interesting there--I don't know what. The place was practically empty except for the shop owners and a...

So I`ve arrived, a little later than I thought :) after some very bumpy plane rides - seriously thought I was going to crash, but I might have been over reacting LOL Have´t had a chance to explore yet, but heading out of Quito soon for my 6 hour bus ride to Puyo to start my jungle adventure! yayyyy. The sun is shining and I`m full of eggs and to...

Capilla de los Milagros

It was built inside Quito's colonial downtown in 1680, and restored in 1990. Its architecture is simple and colourful. Its walls contain important art pieces such as the charming and mysterious image of Senor de los Milagros, which represents the terrible scene of gibe that received Jesus at Pilatos home. The...

Whey-hey! I'm off to the Galapagos, tomorrow. On a luxury boat, sailing round for 8 days, starting on Thursday. So that's good. Meanwhile, there are some things I need to know about Quito. I've seen lots of dogs, but not cats. Por que no? Donde estan los gatos? Also, the popular Ecuadorian beer, Pilsener, is advertised by two scantily-clad, larg...

Arriving in Ecuador was interesting. We learnt a few things pretty quickly. Firstly: we have not done enough Spanish and no, you can't get by with just English in South America. Secondly, you stand out here as a gringo more so than anywhere else we have travelled-the locals are a lot more Andean than of Spanish descent - we should have done more...

Back in Quito - not quite sure how the rest of the trip is going to live up to Galapagos, but we'll see. Last few days on the boat were fantastic, the snorkelling around Pinnacle rock on Bartolome was the best yet. Finally saw the Penguins which was the one big gap we had on our list of wildlife. These little creatures are so fast - like mini to...

While on the flight to Quito (Q) I meet an older woman from Q who gave me an intro on the city and a perspective of her life there and also I met Sara, a teacher from Alaska who is stopping in Q for a couple of nights before going onto other cities then teaching English in Peru (but whose Spanish is similar to mine - very basic). At baggage clai...

With plans of studying spanish for a while after breakfast and then heading out to wander about the old town, I finished breakfast and sat down with my book. And then the day just gobbled me up. It was the clearest day I had seen in a while with the small wisps of clouds latching themselves on to the tips of the mountains. You could pretty much ...

We decided to leave Quito a day early.... I guess my first impression was not accurate. Our hostel is decent, but the surrounding area SUCKS. There are no restaurants, only one ****** internet cafe...and a whole wack of creepers. Not to mention that the saddest thing ever happened...some giant weiner face stole Tristan's SD card from the interne...