L'Auberge Inn Quito
Av Colombia 1138 y Yaguachi Quito, Ecuador
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this InnL'Auberge Inn Quito
Arrived like zombies
Our 6.20am flight from Heathrow absolutely destroyed us. We didn't sleep the night before, so by the time we boarded the connecting flight to Quito from Madrid we were pretty much dead, despite still having 11 hours ahead of us. It's a bit of a blur due to the sleep deprivation, but basically our first plane had so little leg room it would have …
The Old Town
We'd all woken up this morning by about 8am, and had had loads of sleep because we were in bed by 9.30pm the night before. We had showers then went to get breakfast in the hostel, which was very cheap and lovely: I had grapefruit juice (amazing), coffee, and pancakes with syrup. After a bit of internet (the hostel has a little internet cafe) we …
New Town and unexpected bus trip
We got up in the morning, expecting to have to find a new hostel for tonight. Brilliantly, however, we were told by an obviously more knowledgeable receptionist that we could simply move to a different room. We did this, and discovered it was actually nicer than ours, although it did smell of petrol fumes due to it overlooking the road. We then …
Arrived in Ecuador
Finally arrived after brief night's stopover in Lima. Rucksacks weighed approx15 kilos on the airport scales! And all our baggage has arrived safely with us. Not noticed any effects from the altitude (supposed to be the world's second highest capital) and Quito appears to be a lovely city, certainly less polluted than Lima, less frantic and more …
Spanish in Quito
As the heading suggests, we arrived back in the capital for a spot of Espanol.
Although we interspersed the lingo lessons with some sight-seeing, I won't harp on about the details here. Suffice to say, the tourist trips facilitated the need for taxis and so we met an interesting array of drivers. Out of which, one guy attempted to flog us …


