WEEK 1 CONTINUED

 Sorry for the delay, computers are in demand in the Hostels. To be quick, I think we are going to upload pictures from each day with a short comment! After all, pictures speak 1000 words

DAY 3  -  Quito

After the same brekkie as the day before we headed to the old town through a lovely park called park El Ejido ...

 We encoutered some strange doggey behaviour in Plaza Del Teatro

 And took a taxi and lots of crazy steps to la Virgin de Quito on a mound called little bread loaf. Its a viewpoint and monument made completely out of aluminium!

 We decided to get the bus back as its only 25Cents each, a fraction of the taxi price although that was just $4. The bus termional had some very interesting pedestrian ramps... lookeds a bit like a first year architecture project...edgy and industrial!

We had another stroll in the old town

A street called La Ronda

 The view of the Virgin from the modern art museum

 DOG OF THE DAY:

they can sleep ANYWHERE

COMMENTS

Food: The same breakfast as yesterday saw us through till dinner where we went to a local ecuadorian restaurant with no menu, luckily we went with people from our hostel who could speak spanish! we went for a few drinks with them in various bars around La Mariscal.

Design: The bus terminal ramp has to be todays pick for being the most bizzare looking construction seemingly going no where...

Hostel: Vibes hostel

Weather:  Sun, cloud rain!


DAY 4  -  Quito

We didn't do much due to the previous night out, but here is a bit of what we saw...

 The Observatory - the oldest in Latin America

DAY 5  -  Quito - the equator

COMMENTS

Design:  The monument for the equator is in the wrong place, the real equator is about 300m down the road....still its nice for some pics!

So after getting rather lost on our way back from the equator, we eventually found our way! Once we got back to Vibes, we packed and left for Otavalo a town famed for its traditional markets about 2 hours north.

DAY 6  - Otavalo

 

 

Animal Market

 

 The view from our hostel called Hostel Chasqui

 Crafts Market - Tom making a deal!

DAY 7  - Otavalo

 

Walk to Cascades de Peguche

 

 Very scared on bridge

 

Well I'm afraid we've taken as much time up as we can on the internet, there is an eager queue behind us!

We will try and finish the next installment : WEEK 2 tomorrow before we head off to the AMAZON!!