La Casa Del Suizo - All Inclusive Quito

... turned on the light to see what had happened. Seeing me sprawled out on the floor, she jumped out of bed and checked to see if I was conscious. It took me a few moments to come to, and when I did, I asked her if she had any water. It didnīt occur to me earlier in the night that I should grab a bottle of water just in case. Unlike home, I canīt just run to the faucet and grab a drink if needed. Unfortunately, Esther only had a half-full ...

... the Old Town of Quito which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. I found it not as well preserved as Antigua, most of the streets were bitumened over and had traffic lights :0;, however the architecture was still amazing and l love atmosphere of the cute little streets and hole in the wall shops. I bought a bottle of water from one of the little shops and the lady couldnīt change a $5 note... but was more than happy to ...

We arrived in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, very chilled out after our perfect time in the Galapagos. Itīs a city known for its colonial old town..................and its crime! Bradīs Mum worried about us going to Colombia, but she should have been more worried about Quito and getting our bag slashed on a local bus.....................which on Day 2 we had first-hand experience with. Now weīre particularly careful with our bags (in the case of ...

... stop in ik in mijn bh.
Ik kan im aller ernst sagen dat ik na deze paar dagen weer super duits spreek haha, want ben tot nu toe alleen maar met duitsers op stap geweest. Na ja is ook leuk en de meeste spreken nog nauwelijk spaans, dus ik mag steeds het woord doen en ik merk dat ik me prima kan redden, maar ik verheug me er wel op om het nog meer te verbeteren.
Gisteren uit eten geweest bij een super toeristisch maar typisch Ecuadoriaans eettentje en heb ...

... 7 am feeling like someone had peeled my eyes during the night as I just felt soo tired. I dragged myself pout of bed, showered and stumbled down to breakfast before I made it out the front door to check out Quito.
Found a taxi to take me to a lookout I had heard about and got completely ripped off for $30 and came back. By this time I could barely see I was so shattered.. turns out I hadnt put my clock forward had I and therefore had ...

Milli says:

We got to Quito airport and had to wait in a line to go through a heat screening to check for swine flu. Some people were taken away, fun fun.

We took a cab to our place of work for the next month, the Secret Garden hostel. The city was completely different from Panama City, people were out and happy, the buildings were generally in better condition and it was so much more positive. We got to the hostel and went up to the roof where reception was. It is ...

Hola Mes Amigas and Amigos, Another jam packed week, filled with activities, more emotional outbursts during spanish lessons and a journey to the centre of the world! Its a place called mita del mundo, we failed at all sorts of things, like walking in a straight line and balancing an egg on a screw head. It was utterly facinating ...

... But this was real South American run-away-and-hide type rain. So deciding to explore another night we got some cabs to take us to some more party areas directly, where we found a pleasant spot offering cocktail happy hours. :) Got up pretty early the next day to start exploring. First stop El Panecillo (little bread - though no idea what that has to do with anything...), situated almost in the centre of Quito, on a huge hill, and sports a gigantic Virgin Mary on top. Apparently ...

... the top of the tower itself!

That looks like this:





This elevated viewpoint provided some really good views over the city and its mountains, even if neither of us felt particularly ...

Post 66 - Arrival in South America

Having overstayed in Guatemala and decided against the option of travelling overland and through Colombia, it was with some relief that our travel arrangements came together and we finally boarded the plane in Guatemala City that would take us to Quito in Ecuador.

On the journey we were able to observe some of the landscape as the plane made its way down Central America. We stopped in Panama City, which, from the air, was merely a promontory of ...