Hotel Quito Compass

... around 14:00 in Quito, but before I was through customs etc it was 15:00.. I took a taxi at the airport to my accommodation Hotel Quito. Bram was right, this is a really nice place.. I started up my PC and then my Dad and Marianne where online, so I had ...

... ! In the end they had a squabble and both scooted off - not without leaving an unpleasant memento on my bag! Back at Hotel Quito by noon! Booked a taxi tour to Mitad del Mundo and the Equator rather than chance the buses. The first large monument ...

... around to see “closed” churches so a taxi took me back to pick up my bags from El Arupo hostal and then up to Hotel Quito. All this for US $3.07. Thank goodness I had asked earlier at the “i” by Plaza de la Independencia how to in ...

... will help you with directions- even when they haven't the foggiest idea of where you are going... so it is best to bring a compass and a map!  (Now I would be golden if someone could show me how to use those tools?!?!) Yesterday I got so ...

... plug ins.. At one point I was sitting in the bathroom charging my laptop because that was the only other plug in the suite. :)  Hotel Quito is nestled in a hill in the heart of Quito. It's amazing you have breakfast on the top floor and you can see ...

... we landed in Quito we went through customs. When we got out, there was some people waiting for us who drove us to our hotel - hotel Quito - we had some trouble getting our rooms but were finally situated. Mom, Dad, and I went for a walk and found the ...

Hey again! I know I already wrote today, but so much is happening! I have a roommate for these first two nights at Hotel Quito, her name's Alysse, she's Australian. Lots of Australians are on this program with us. It's so funny, I called my fanny pack a ...

... ;.my name written on a little board held up by my pick up. What a relief, a lift to my hotel and its FREE! I soon arrive to hotel Quito, now keep in mind all of my trips have been budget stays, and i had just come back from camping on the Inca Trail, so ...

... a general feeling of melancholy (or so it appeared from my internal Spanish-English translator). The journey to Quito took about five hours, got to the Hotel where I met my fellow travellers for my trip to the Galapagos. My worst fears were realised ...

... equator. We then caught the bus back into Quito old town to look around the main sights before heading back to the hotel for the Galapagos information session.There was massive disappointment after our meeting as we had an eldery lady and were told the ...

The previous day we left Galapagos Is. Tonight last meal before Peru. They had cuy or guinea pig on the La Ronda's menu so why not and have a try! I am glad they didn't serve me the whole guinea pig head and all! What did it taste like? A bit like ...

... scientists who worked out the location of the equator a couple of hundred years ago. It has all the points of the compass marked out and latitude markings everywhere and really clebrates the correct location of the equator....wrong. It turns out that 10 ...

... of course no streets signs and we have no idea where we are located in the city full of one way streets. We pull out the compass and ask several people and we finally eek our way back to the Panamerican highway. We find a hotel for the night, shit we ...

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 ...

... of Ecuador is USD, since 2003. This truly was once of the highlights of my trip here in South America. I was picked up from my hotel in Quito at 10 am on the 4th May. In a huge van, all for me and no one else! Yes I was totally alone on this trip. I ...

... at our next stop).  He gave us a quick run down of the city (safe, great river front walk, better than Quito...errr - that's it) then dropped us at the hotel.  We were due to meet him the next day for a city tour.   We had  a long ...