Quito (Ecuador) - April 19 to 22
Yes, I have moved again. On April 19 I flew from Guatemala to Quito in Ecuador to meet with my friend Barbara from Switzerland because we have planned to visit the Galapagos Islands together!
But first we spend a few days in Quito. Well, it's another relatively big city in Latin America, not exceptionally pretty but with quite a nice old town center.
Here the view from one of the mountain ranges surrounding Quito which lies in a valley at 2800m!
Some impressions from the old town:
Traffic in Quito
Ecuador has given up it's own currency a few years ago and adopted the US Dollar as their national currency (to fight inflation). So everything is payed in USD, like this lunch at a small restaurant: rice, chicken, fries, soup, salad and a small Coke which costs USD 1.25 !!!
And it tasted really good as well!
While in Quito we also visited the Midad del Mundo, the middle of the world, the equator:
But first we spend a few days in Quito. Well, it's another relatively big city in Latin America, not exceptionally pretty but with quite a nice old town center.
Here the view from one of the mountain ranges surrounding Quito which lies in a valley at 2800m!
Some impressions from the old town:
Traffic in Quito
Ecuador has given up it's own currency a few years ago and adopted the US Dollar as their national currency (to fight inflation). So everything is payed in USD, like this lunch at a small restaurant: rice, chicken, fries, soup, salad and a small Coke which costs USD 1.25 !!!
And it tasted really good as well!
While in Quito we also visited the Midad del Mundo, the middle of the world, the equator:
Peppo - 1. Mai, 12:40
