Quito here we come: we are travelling again and for those few who follow our journeys I hope to have time to tell you what we have been up to. This time we are going to the Equator!
There will be four of us Doreen and Me, Doreen's sister Louise and her husband Stuart. Working to get the bookings and flights has been an ongoing process for five months now. Flying with Copa Airlines - a Panamanian airline is a great experience. It must be one of the last airlines to give you beer and snacks without a charge. The hotel was booked on the Internet by searching on Expedia and then booking directly with the hotel, a great way to get what you want and you don't have to pay the expedia fee.
Anyway Saturday we take off at 0930, land in Panama City - stay for one hour and then on to Quito.
Staying at the Hostel la Ronda for ten days piccie on right.
We hope to see many sights - the Equator, the Historic Centre with its sixteen public squares and many churches, and ride the cable car up the mountain.
Taken from Wikipedia:
Quito ([ˈkito]), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador, and at an elevation of 9,350 feet (2,800 meters above sea level), it is the highest capital city in the world housing the administrative, legislative and judicial functions.[1] It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha,[2] an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With a population of 2,239,191 according to the last census (2010), Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil. It is also the capital of the Pichincha province and the seat of Metropolitan District of Quito. The canton recorded a population of 1,842,201 residents in the 2001 national census. In 2008, the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations.[3]
The historic center of Quito has one of the largest, least-altered and best-preserved historic centers in the Americas.[4] Quito, along with Kraków, were the first World Cultural Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO in 1978.[4] The central square of Quito is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the equator; the city itself extends to within about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of zero latitude. A monument and museum marking the general location of the equator is known locally as la mitad del mundo (the middle of the world), to avoid confusion, as the word ecuador is Spanish for equator.
There will be four of us Doreen and Me, Doreen's sister Louise and her husband Stuart. Working to get the bookings and flights has been an ongoing process for five months now. Flying with Copa Airlines - a Panamanian airline is a great experience. It must be one of the last airlines to give you beer and snacks without a charge. The hotel was booked on the Internet by searching on Expedia and then booking directly with the hotel, a great way to get what you want and you don't have to pay the expedia fee.
Anyway Saturday we take off at 0930, land in Panama City - stay for one hour and then on to Quito.
Staying at the Hostel la Ronda for ten days piccie on right.
We hope to see many sights - the Equator, the Historic Centre with its sixteen public squares and many churches, and ride the cable car up the mountain.
Quito ([ˈkito]), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador, and at an elevation of 9,350 feet (2,800 meters above sea level), it is the highest capital city in the world housing the administrative, legislative and judicial functions.[1] It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha,[2] an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With a population of 2,239,191 according to the last census (2010), Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil. It is also the capital of the Pichincha province and the seat of Metropolitan District of Quito. The canton recorded a population of 1,842,201 residents in the 2001 national census. In 2008, the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations.[3]
The historic center of Quito has one of the largest, least-altered and best-preserved historic centers in the Americas.[4] Quito, along with Kraków, were the first World Cultural Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO in 1978.[4] The central square of Quito is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the equator; the city itself extends to within about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of zero latitude. A monument and museum marking the general location of the equator is known locally as la mitad del mundo (the middle of the world), to avoid confusion, as the word ecuador is Spanish for equator.
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