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Quito’s New Town

January 10th, 2010 AK Andy

The highlight of my trip to Ecuador (and in my opinion, ANY trip to Ecuador) was visiting the Galapagos Islands. That being said, I didn’t want to visit this exciting country and see only one location. Quito also beckons with so much to offer: the colonial Old Town (an actual UNESCO World Heritage site), numerous  Read More »

Parque Carolina

January 9th, 2010 AK Andy

We visited the Botanic Gardens in Quito, inside the Parque Carolina. They were cute, but the signs were only in Spanish and my language skills are seriously lacking. This was major motivation to start studying! We visited the neat orchid section and had fun looking at the cactus section too. It was a very low-key,  Read More »

Quito, breve tappa in Ecuador

January 5th, 2010 nico&matt

A Quito siamo restati solo tre giorni e due notti, e’ una citta’ molto bella. L’Ostello The Secret Garden era poco distante dal centro storico ma nella citta’ c’erano varie zone molto pericolose dove non potevamo neanche camminare a piedi. L’Ostello aveva una bellissima terrazza che si affacciafa sulla citta’ con una vista stupenda, la  Read More »