The photograph doesn’t do justice to the steepness of some streets here, many are lung busting, wheeze inducingly steep – Quito is officially called San Francisco de Quito.
We’ve spent a few days here ‘slothing’ round the city before we disembark to the Galapagos.
The best thing we’ve done is take a free tour of the city to learn more about the history and culture. Our guide (Andrea) is local, has lived here for many years and was great; ‘payment’ is by way of a small tip at the end, which is how she earns her living.
One of the great places she took us to was the main market, simply called Mercado Central, where many of the locals eat; we’ve spent the last two days having lunch there, trying various local dishes.
Our major outing here was the cable car (TeleferiQo) up the Pichincha Volcano. The city altitude is around 2,840m, the cable car takes you to 4,000m – more lung busting!
Neither of us have been particularly enamoured with Quito, for various reasons…. so onwards and, err, downwards!!
Photo dump below:
Sloth Journeys 