Quito

My first few days in Quito, Ecuador

Dear friends, In this new travelog I will talk about my experience as a volunteer worker in Santa Isabel. A poor neighbourhood outside of Quito. During 10 weeks, I was able to share the lives of about 30 kids (age 3-11), which came to the UBECI project ...

... me. Anyway, I get to go on holiday with my brother frequently, so that makes up for all the solo trips. Anyway, I start in Quito with Plaza Grande. A beautiful square, with benches to relax on, trees to shade the sun, there are shoe shine boys running ...

Day 1 & 2 Regrettably, I lost a day here in Quito due to a necessary recovery period after Cartagena.  However, since I'm staying 3 days and I arrived on a Sunday (when there's not much going on), all is well.  I'm traveling alone for the ...

... Hoya de Guayabamba, flanked on all sides by mountains which dominate and define the cityscape.  From a vantage point above Quito, the countless buildings cradled in the valley look like so many grains of sand cupped between a pair of ...

... off to the French sight, and couldn't stop laughing. None of these experiments work there. God bless em!!! So, three days in Quito, coffee, hot showers, beautiful historic centre and the return to Peru. Hmmmmm. I was warned. The bus was due to leave ...