Hilton Quito

... 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 ...

... spent most of the day in the hotel relaxing, except for a few hours shopping for friends/family at the market 2 blocks from the Hilton.  I’m sure there are other great places to stay in the city (including one 5 star hotel in the old city), ...

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 ...

... size - much bigger than I expected. I´m staying in the Old Town, the historic centre, away from the modern high-rises, Hilton hotels and cybercafes in the touristy Mariscal area (New Town).  So far, I haven´t ventured more than a few blocks ...

... then 4 extra days and fly out on the 29th. After we had bought our Galapagos trip we met Linda and her friend Therese at the Hilton for lunch....high class!! We totally fit in with our big packs, no one even noticed us, and I think it was in good ...

... and money then of course! Beginning Monday afternoon, I will be living with an Ecuadorian family. I also will have access to the Hilton hotel's gym, pool, and spa for 15 days, and each week the school offers a salsa class and a cultural excursion within ...

... delle nuvole. Ritorno in ostello dopo una giornata a passeggio e di nuovo a piedi fino alla citta' nuova. Palazzi di vetro e hilton hotel. Percorriamo la via principale e arriviamo ad un quartiere fatto solo di locali, con stranieri( troppi) e equdoregni ...

... excuse the long winded ness of this. The punctuation on these keyboards doesnt work so am having to write everything long. Went to Quito prison with a group of people from the hostel. One hell of crazy place I can tell you. We went to visit foreigners ...

... , as the locals find it very difficult hard to exchange to smaller notes. Stock up on the 1 and 5 notes. Had to go to the Hilton to exchange a $50. El Banco scan you as you walk in, and they can not exchange large notes. But it was good practise using my ...

... real contrast to that on a different morning or of Cotopaxi from my house's terrace one evening at sunset. Brandon and I went to the Hilton again and I did even less exercise than yesterday. Whatever. Who would want to spend time in the gym while in a ...

... am my mom's daughter!} Finally I met Blake, Todd's step mother and they so graciously invited me to stay with them at the Hilton! Todd instantly pointed out how rugged I looked, well blatently how dirty I was! So we all got cleaned up and had a delicious ...

The Ecuadorian Andes peeking thorough the clouds. It is so beautiful. Tonight we will stay at the Hilton in Quito and Early in the morning we will Fly out to the Galapagos. We will spend One night in Puerto Ayora then our guided Galapagos tour boat will ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... ekstra til slikt ;-) ! Etter 36(!!!) timer på buss fra Chachapoyas nord i Peru, med fire forskjellige busser, ankommer vi Quito en tidlig morgen. Romper og rygg er såre etter harde busseter, så det meste vi tenker (fantaserer!) på ...

... the Catholics came ¨to visit¨.  Beautiful churches but surpised to see the Opus Dei! We also had a beautiful view from a lookout....Quito is a pretty city, and very clean!  In the afternoon we walked around the Old Town and went to a few art ...

... 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, ...

... twist far away from sight.  New friends from afar have flown to various destinations, and now I watch out my window in Quito again thinking of the past couple of weeks' adventures feeling sooo lucky. A fluent, English speaking taxi driver was going ...