After my trip to the Galapagos, I traveled with Rissel, one of the naturalist guides, to Quito. He is a native Ecuadorian so he was able to show me the best of what central Ecuador has to offer.
Because this weekend was the summer solstice and Quito is on the equator line, the setting was beautiful. There were practically no shadows the entire day.
On Saturday we had a lovely dinner at a chic restaurant built under a glass roof decorated with stenciled stickers in Quito.
On Sunday we hired a taxi for the whole day. We started with a trip to Otovalo, a lovely and traditional town about 1.5 hours from Quito. There we saw the local people in their centuries old costumes and tried the local cuisines of boiled, puffed corn and mashed plantains. We skipped the pig in the storefront.
Because this weekend was the summer solstice and Quito is on the equator line, the setting was beautiful. There were practically no shadows the entire day.
On Saturday we had a lovely dinner at a chic restaurant built under a glass roof decorated with stenciled stickers in Quito.
On Sunday we hired a taxi for the whole day. We started with a trip to Otovalo, a lovely and traditional town about 1.5 hours from Quito. There we saw the local people in their centuries old costumes and tried the local cuisines of boiled, puffed corn and mashed plantains. We skipped the pig in the storefront.
We walked through the food market and shopped for more trinkets (mom, you´ll love yours, too) Then we went to Cotopaxi and bought some leather goods, and we ended the day at La Mitad del Mundo, the middle of the world. We were able to do some activities that one can only do a the center of the world ... like hopping back and forth between hemispheres.
We stopped by a tiny lake on the way home for one final boating adventure and some awesome photos of the winter sky.
I was so lucky to have found such a generous and knowledgable friend in Rissel.
We stopped by a tiny lake on the way home for one final boating adventure and some awesome photos of the winter sky.
I was so lucky to have found such a generous and knowledgable friend in Rissel.
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