Quito Inns - Reviews and Rates

So here we are at the end of our second week at La Hesperia, and we´ve milked cows, chopped down lots of jungle, planted trees, made chocolate paste, shovelled cow dung (nice), and we felt we deserved a little break so we´ve come to the coast for the weekend. Palm trees, sunsets, long emtpy sandy beach, surf, it´s a nightmare ;-) Here are some p...

La Mitad del Mundo ---------- Une des attractions de Quito est sa proximité d'avec l'Équateur, symbolisée par ce qui s'appelle la Mitad del Mundo, c'est-à-dire le milieu du monde. C'est un petit parc en banlieue de Quito, où on trouve un monument, quelques musées et autres trucs touristiques, mais le plus drôle c'est que ce n'est pas le vrai équ...

God morgon hemma i Sverige, Idag, fredag kl 08.30, kommer en bil och guide for att hamta upp oss vid hotellet for en heldagsutflykt. Vi skall upp till ekvatorlinjen, vi skall besoka en indianmarknad, aka till Otavalo med omgivningar - komma upp pa hojder runt 4000 m over havet. Lite grand kanner vi redan av den hoga hojden har i Quitos. Det ar g...

The adventure continues. I arrived safely in Quito with no problems after my layover in Miami, except a slightly rushed run through Miami airport to make my plane. It was good exercise before three hours of sitting. My first night in Quito was relatively uneventful. I met my new family for the first month of my stay. They are friends of the fami...

(WARNING: THIS ENTRY COULD BE THE LONGEST SO FAR!) This is going to be such a difficult entry to write because I'm so afraid I won't do justice to the diversity and vibrancy of this wonderful country, but here goes. We crossed smoothly into Ecuador at the very end of July and stayed a couple of nights in Loja before arriving in Cuenca. Cuenca is...

Hola As I have only 2 weeks in Quito I am trying to visit as much as I can of the city. So this morning I venture off to The Teleferiqo, which is Qutio's aerial tramway which goes up from the centre of the city to a hill known as Cruz Loma on the east side of the Pichincha volcano. The ride takes visitors to an altitude of about 13,400 feet (ove...

After close to eight months of hostel living I figured it was about time to give you folks a peak into the life and characters of the hostel circuit. First I should note that it hasn´t been all hostel comfort in this part of the world. This is not Australia, where hostels can be found in every dusty red back country town around. Often times I ha...

Hi! I´ll keep this quick, just wanted to tell everyone what we have been up to! We left our little home of Montañita, it was sad to go, we had a super fun group of people that we were hanging out with, as well as getting to know lots of locals and such. We Stayed one night in Puerto Lopez, a kind of yucky town but we stayed at this really amazin...

Well I finally made it to Quito after a huge panic in Santiago because nobody told me about the clocks going forward that night, its so stupid, i booked the shuttle to the airport at reception in the hostel in santiago and i even commented at how early i would have to get up or they should have mentioned something at the airport the previous day...

Reasons for taking a year off and travelling around South America on my own: - I like getting a tan and not washing my hair much - I don't want to work for a bit - If I have to use London public transport any more, I may be forced to commit a serious offence - I want to learn another language and meet new people - I want an excuse to buy an iPod...