Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this RanchHosteria Guachala Quito
Hola Hacienda Guachala... 400 years young!
As we only had until midday you would think that we would have wanted to spend the most time possible in the pools, unfortunately the light was not great first thing and we ended up sleeping in until 9am, not like us at all.
Anyway we eventually managed to get ourselves motivated and spent the rest of the morning in the pools. After an …
Journey to the Middle of the World
The plan for today was to venture to middle earth, no this was not the LOTR, this was the middle of the earth aka the equator line.
We all grouped up and met around 9am and waited for Marcelo, our guide to come with us. The local bus arrived at the gate of the hotel and we hopped on for the 5 minute journey down to the Equator line and …
Hacienda
This morning I wandered Quito and booked my Galapagos trip, I leave on the 3rd for 5 days, exciting!
Off on the many changes of buses to reach Cayambe. It really was hectic trying to get all fourteen of us off the bus with our luggage, the buses didnīt want to stop for anyone. Even tried to go with half the group still on the bus. One of …
Middle of the World
Walked to the Middle of the World today. Which sounds a little ridiculous but it was 30 mins from the Hacienda, although the walk was along a busy road with cars and buses who continuously honked at us. I stood on the real equator 0.0000 latitude as opposed to the one nearer Quito which is slightly off. We were the only ones there, heard a really …
Quito
Itīs now 9am and Iīm none the wiser as to the whereabouts of my backpack... despite a call to the airline. Iīm glad I packed enough medication in my day pack for a couple of weeks though I donīt have my inhaler. Itīs very cold here; at an altitude of 2700m itīs like a winterīs morning back home. Iīve borrowed a fleece and had breakfast in the hotel …


