Quito Ranches - Reviews and Rates

Well friends and family, here at last is the long overdue first entry in the 'Ecuadorian Escapades' blog. I am new to all of this business so it may take a while.... I can't believe I have been in Quito for over 6 weeks. It has been one of the busiest, stimulating, adventurous, bizarre periods of my life and one which I have not, even in the mos...

Hello everybody. I was just about to write how you all are doing, but I don't really know how many responces I'll get. I'll just give it a whirl-- How are you guys doing these days, enjoying your new year? I have a little surprise for those who know me. It'll just put a little picture of it up on here. I know you can't help but smile. Like my ti...

At last we´ve arrived. It seemed to take forever to get here. The flights were great although we wondered whether we would ever see our cases again when we checked them - too many sets of conflicting instructions for flying via Miami. Finally we landed at Quito by then my head was spinning and I had seen enough aeroplane plastic meal containers ...

We arrived back in Quito from the Galapagos Islands. Got ripped off by another taxi driver who took us back to the hostel where we had left all of our belongings!!!! The following day we visited Mittel del Mundo (The Middle of the World). It is about an hours bus jouney from Quito and well worth a visit! It is set out in a small complex of shops...

The first few days of our South American adventure started off kind of rocky when we found out our flight from T.O. was cancelled but we managed to squeeze our way in with another airline. We had to take 4 flights within the first 24 hours and spent 8 hours overnight in the Panama City airport which was deserted and freezing cold(despite 30 degr...

Well, I´m back in Quito where this journey began so many days ago. On the way back I stopped in this town called Saquisili because it has a big market on Thursday. When I got there I was shocked. This town in pure indigenous people and this market is totally non touristy. In the beginning I found myself in part of the market where there were no ...

The last few days have been filled with more adventures for us in Ecuador. Of course even the most mundane walk out the door is filled with news sights, sounds, and wonders. Last night in Quito, a bus cruised by playing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. In the most modern cities of Quito and Guayaquil, you will still see many women and men in colo...

Even though I only took 4 weeks of classes, my last day still felt really nice. I took my final exam this morning, and I am done. The test was really hard; much harder than her other tests. But I got my certificate, which says I graduated at the Superior level...not sure what levels are above or below Superior, but it sounds fine to me. Yesterda...

After a ****** bus ride we made it into Quito on Tuesday. We checked into hostel and then decided to go find a Spanish school and take some classes. We found one that was cheap and seemed alright and also set people up with homestays, apartments, etc. We didn't want to stay with a family or anything but the owner of the Spanish school knew a lad...

Monika came in last night, and it was so good to see a familiar face. We went to have dinner in the new town and also had a glass of wine. It was packed out so she definitely got to see the young part of town at its busiest. There were party buses going by with tons of people on the top deck, playing instruments, dancing, etc. This morning, I we...