Hotel Majestic Quito

Started off being delayed and had to sprint for about 5 minutes to get to our flight to quito. Sitting as a sweaty mess on a plane with no air con for an hour and a half whilst they resolved a "small technical problem" wasn't the best. Arrived at quito to ...

... and her family for dinner. She and her mother picked me up and took me on a driving tour of the old town of Quito - amazing!! It is so majestic and beautiful to see such old buildings. That is something we lack in the states as we are a relatively young ...

... ; We saw tons of cute little guys chirping away, including a loud and inconspicuous woodpecker, and when we got higher, we saw the majestic Andean Condor.  It was beautiful.  Not only did we see one, but about five!  That was definitely the ...

... . Das sind Luftseilbahnen die einen auf 4100 Meter bringen. Man hat einen fantastischen Ausblick auf Quito. Untern angekommen lief ich zurück zum Hotel und danach zu einem empfohlenen Meeresfrüchtelokal, wo ich mein letztes Mittagessen mit Fisch hatte. ...

... looked like a t-junction. We stopped to consider which way to go, and to take a couple of snaps of the statue overlooking Quito city, only to discover that our helpful friend had yet again caught us up and was saying “don’t worry”. He ...

... the bar before tut suiting it to Quito in Ecuador via Amsterdam. For those of you that have opened this expecting to hear all about Quito and my South American adventure...I´ll get there in a moment. In fact as soon as I´ve told you about how my ...

... sights to see.  It’s too late to go in any of the museums at this hour and return to the Plaza and the Majestic Hotel for evening meal.  The square is full of people: Orators speaking from the steps of the Cathedral; there’s a group ...

... . Making it to the top, as we have done so many times on this trip, presented us with another majestic panorama; though this one revealed that Quito is an exceptionally large city. It was also quite revealing in the sense that the airport lies quite ...

... a beautiful city in the old bit that is  - colourful colonial buildings line the meandering streets and with majestic churches on what seems like every single corner. However the new city where I´ve been spending most of my ...

... in Ecuador!  We also stumbled on to some sort of political rally in the main square that could have been to do with the alleged coup in Quito - we departed quite quickly as the police / army men didn`t look like they were going to mess ...

Nov 11th This was the last day of seeing Anja, We started the day by going to the post office to try and send some thing home but it turned out it was bloody expensive over $20 but we then said lets go to DHL because they might be cheaper. We couldnt ...

... , i digress.  Arrived in quito to see a sign with my name on it, another dream fulfilled and offs we got to the hotel majestic.   Really not so majestic, chould have been called the shining, but its the hotel were the group meets on the ...

... 9 (either galloped or wet myself). Despite the rain, it was a great day out and I got to go back to my luxurious hotel in Quito, courtesy of the first day of my GAP trip, which slightly intimidated me but I did appreciate the bathtub and TV, even though ...

... us 4 hours across dirt roads? No. Cairo man arranges from home for a private car and driver to pick us up from our hotel in Quito and drive us to our hostel in Chugchillan for $100 US. Throw in an English speaking driver and the ability to stop wherever ...

... our goodbyes and headed for Santa Cruz. We made a quick visit to the Charles Darwin Research Centre before our flight back to Quito. The centre breeds and homes several different species of Giant Land Tortoises which live up to 200 years old. They were so ...

... , and it spirals down inside an enormous valley. I settled into a very cute hotel in one of the best parts of the city.  My hotel room has a flushable toilet, with TP, hot water, and cable TV, so as far as I'm concerned, I have a ...

... Guide suggests that a controversial topic of conversation in the area is whether the small town of Cuenca beats the capital city of Quito in charm - although the latter would win hands down in grandeur. I am not sure that Lilly and I could settle this ...

... learned about the human devastation of the wildlife here and how Darwin found the inspiration for his Theory of Evolution on these majestic islands. After touring the centre we followed the volcanic rock paths which took us from the centre to a series of ...

Our Galapagos trip started in style at Hotel Quito - a cut above our recent accommodation: private transfer, heated outdoor swimming pool, fancy breakfast, funny looks from the Ecuadorian business travellers, the lot. On the second night we met the ...