Hilton Colon Quito

... I went, but just know what you're getting into.  As far as the shopping is concerned, the artisan location near the Hilton Colon is MUCH better shopping and selection than most of the stores at Mitad. This evening I made the rare decision ...

... hour or so getting everyone's baggage off the plane and then figuring out who was going in what van back into Quito. Finally, we arrived at the Hilton. Wow. From hostal to 1st class hotel! I walked into my room on the 15th floor overlooking a park and ...

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 ...

... a few words and with the help of a dictionary can get the gist of the news.  We then trotted off to The Hilton Colon for an Easter Sunday lunch.  The food was excellent and the veggies were super.  Jen mentioned we were celebrating ...

... burn them to purge the old year and to bring in the new year.     In fact in front of our hotel, the Hilton Colon, was a pair of larger than life puppets, the Hulk and Wolverine.  These went up in a fantastic set of blasts as we ...

... of the city from my mountain highway. Back in Quito, I enjoy a light dinner at Cafe Colon(Open 24hrs) at The Hilton Colon. Sancocho Quitena an Ecuadorian soup with meat, yucca, sweet white corn and plantains is delicious and only $6.00. I am exhausted ...

... ! The flight was not to bad from Milwaukee.  We drove to Milwaukee and long term parked the car....flew to Atlanta and then on to Quito, Ecuador arriving in Quito by 9pm.  Quito is on the same time zone as Madison...so not a bad day!  The ...

... airport has earned us a big jet to come back to the mainland.  Just got back to the high capital city of Ecuador (Quito, 9000 ft) and am staring out of our huge hotel window at the glittering lights and busy nightlife buzzing around town.  They ...

... road to see if we'd have better luck. Eventually one stopped, we loaded all of our luggage in the boot and climbed in. The Hilton was in the opposite direction so our driver immediately did a quick U-turn across the bus lanes at the first junction .... ...

liebe freunde nach einem fliegerischen umweg über miami nach knapp 4std flug in quito gelandet. für einmal problemlose passkontrolle und rascher transfer ins hotel. am morgen mit teleferico ( trotz hinweis für passagiere im "edad avanzada" nicht ...

... ist mit 50 jahren (!) pensioniert worden. er hat 4 söhne und seit 2 jahren eine enkelin. er hat ein haus welches erhöht über quito liegt und ist mit seinem leben zufrieden.er beneidet mich um meine reisepläne und " it was a pleasure to meet you, ...

... the Middle of the Earth  Hello from Ambato Ecuador!  I arrived safely in Quito late Saturday night, settled into the very comfortable Hilton Colon and discovered the news of a looming massive volcanic eruption south of Quito... ...

... flights down and one more in the AM.  5 AM wakeup looms after several beers and a late night meal. The last flight from Quito to here was a doozie!  Stuck by the window--now way out--ADD kicked in and could not get up.  Scary...very ...