Bye bye Quito

08.09.2007 - 09.09.2007 22 °C

Today we are leaving Ecuador. We really liked Quito, it is the most beautiful Latin American capital we have seen, apart from Rio, which is beautiful in a different way. Old Quito is really stunning, although our photos this time do not really do it any justice. It`s all Gregory`s fault of course, yesterday he did not really want to wander around and so we only visited a small part of the colonial centre. We went back there for dinner and by night it is even nicer - only problem is that the streets are absolutely deserted. Never seen anything like it.

We bumped into this Tianguez Cafe`and craft museum-shop in the S Francisco square - the art that they were selling!! I wanted to cry for having already bought and sent a package last week and not being able to buy anything else. Just amazing. Ecuador is the most amazing place we have ever seen for arts and crafts, these people are so creative. It is worth coming here only just to buy stuff, even if the place wasn`t also super diverse, super friendly and offering really good and really cheap food throughout like it is.

So today, sadly, we are leaving to continue our journey. We are taking a bus tonight for Caracas, a long 58 hours which we hope to survive somehow. Then, from Caracas we will be flying to Guyana on Thursday 13th, where auntie Bridget is waiting for us.

We`ll be back online in a few days - fingers crossed!

Quito view from super-expensive Cafe Mosaico