Written by Philly_Girl on October 26, 2005
- I am ashamed to admit that I had very low expectations for Quito prior to our arrival. But as we walked off the plane into the sparkling and modern airport, I immediately began revising my...
Written by African Explorer on August 23, 2000
- Cotopoxi 19,346 feet tall, the tallest active volcano in the world. Legend states that it erupts every one hundred years. The last time she erupted was 1890. About the 18,000 foot mark there is one...
Written by Eleven Shadows on June 1, 2007
- After staying at the Black Sheep Inn in Chugchilan, I rode in a truck with two llamas along a winding road overlooking gaping chasms, gorgeous farmland, and rivers to the remote town of Isinlivi, which...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on November 17, 2006
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados is a strategic point for travelling all Ecuador. The road from Quito to Santo Domingo goes through tropical forests, and crosses rivers with beautiful waterfalls. There are highways and bus...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on November 17, 2006
- During nine years I visited this country periodically as supervisor of a USA-based non-profit association. Although occasionally I stayed at the home of some friend, more than ninety percent of the times I stayed at...
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on November 10, 2006
- This is a beautiful trip, all along the Andes, and viewing some of the highest mountains of the country, as the Cotopaxi, Cayambe and Chimborazo,the highest mountain in Ecuador (21,000 feet high, or 6310m)....
Written by Robert Raymond Ingledew on November 10, 2006
- If you asked me which are in my opinion the six nicest cities of Latin America, I would say: Merida (Venezuela), Quito (Ecuador), Manizales (Colombia), Río (Brazil), Valdivia (Chile) and Punta del Este (Uruguay)....
Written by saraherose on April 5, 2001
- i wasn't exactly prepared for what it would look or feel like to wander around a place where people not only do not enjoy the luxuries we are afforded living in the united states but...
Written by sparklefish on November 15, 2004
- The first thing I want to shout from the mountaintops is, "BRING SMALL BILLS!!!" You will find it very difficult to break a $20 bill anywhere but a supermarket or bank, and even then...
Written by Linda Hoernke on December 17, 2004
- Quito is a mixture of a busy modern city and the Old Town, which was declared a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO in 1978. It has many colonial buildings and a huge market. We...
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