Hacienda Rumiloma Quito
Obispo de la Madrid Quito, 3130, Ecuador
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Escuela I
... Besides learning more Spanish we visited with the school a child care center in the south of Quito which is the poorer area of the city. We went to celebrate a bit of christmas with them and played with the children who are between 1 and 4 years old. Besides that we brought some cake and drinks and each group sang christmas songs. They also received a box full of toys which had been collected beforehand in the school.
One interesting fact of the ...
Jet Lagged, Altitude Sickness and changing plans!
... gesprekje met iemand gevoerd die me een stuk naar de hostal heeft gelopen omdat ik een beetje verdwaald was. Naja, meer gedesorienteerd, ik had het wel gevonden en was ook op de goede weg. Ik realiseer me steeds meer hoe belangrijk het is om Spaans te kunnen als je met de mensen om je heen wilt praten, dus ik doe heel erg mn best om dat een beetje op te pakken. Ook al moet ik eigenlijk gewoon lessen hebben om verder te komen dan dat ik ...
Got my visa extended!!!
... the rest of the morning in the hostal, then went out to explore the shopping centres of Quito a bit. Modern, huge shopping complex – almost Singapore style! At a short break I had one of Ecuador’s favourite deserts: dulce de tres leches (sweets from three milks). It’s kind of similar to Tiramisu, very, very rich but yummy! Tuesday morning we were back at the ministry – all security guards know us by now and at times smile when we ...
Hola Ecuador!
Tag 1 schreiben wir mal lieber erst am Tag 2…
Nach einer langen Flugreise mit 2 Zwischenstopps und endlosen Zollschecks bei unseren amerikanischen Freunden + Pornobild von (Ganzkörperscanner) sind wir am 20.10. abends glücklich aber müde in der Casa Helbling in Quito angekommen. Begrüßt wurden wir von Claus und 4 kühlen Bier – erster Eindruck also super… aber natürlich nicht mit Claudis & Franks sonstigen *****Ausflügen zu ...
The Mitad del Mundo
... and the cable car starts again... We are in the first car going down and traveling with an engineer who explains that the main eclectic motor has had a problem. We are running on back up.... Makes you feel good when you have a half hour trip to the bottom... Made it safely though.
It is the Middle of The World next...Yeah! That’s right, the Middle of The World.... We are in Ecuador and the Equator runs through this country. We are offered ...


