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 stone totem poles at the
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This is not, strictly speaking, off the beaten path. But since the theme of my Quito page is the Centro Historico, this classification will do.
The Teleferiqo is a recent contraption, identical to those encountered at ski resorts, which zips you to a mountaintop way above Quito. The ride is magnificent, and eerily silent. The views from "up there" are spectacular - even on a partially cloudy day. If you have the luxury of being able to choose a clear day, you can allegedly identify several of the surrounding volcanoes.
$7 will get you to the express lane, and $4 to the regular lane. On the evening I went, the place was deserted, and quite cold with an icy wind. There is a forlorn little amusement park on the premises, and sad craft shops.
I got to the Teleferiqo by taxi ($5), and I came back with a shuttle which left me at a trole stop in the "new" town. Leave a Comment
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 a nice plaza to enjoy some
solitude by richiecdiscLeave a Comment
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 this is why they call it a
cloud forest by mlf7Leave a Comment
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 The game is so dangerous... hi
hi ! by Maillekeul
Comme dans la majorite du pays, les edifices ne sont pas souvent acheves, et Quito, la capitale, n'echappe pas a la regle. La facon que les ouvriers ont, egalement, de reparer est un peu particuliere, les conditions europeennes basiques de securite etant loin d'etre reunies. Un simple filet avec de gros trous est cense prevenir la chute de pierres (voir photo). Leave a Comment
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 by lichinga
There's a very nice bookstore at Juan Leon de Mera, corner with Veintemilla: Libri Mundi. It's worth the visit, you may find all the photography books you need from Ecuador and Latin America and also the normal literature production in Spanish. In face of the bookstore, there's a typical expatriate meeting point: an open-air coffe-bar which is tempting and relaxing. Leave a Comment
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Pululahua is a very large extinct volcano that is easy to visit if you're planning a visit to the nearby Mitad del Mundo. The crater is a very interesting micro-climate containing a large and diverse number of plant species. It's important, however, to visit earlier than we did since the area is usually covered in thick blanket of clouds after the early morning hours.
Pululahua is only about 4 or 5 km away from the Mitad del Monument on the Calcali Highway and the easiest thing to do is to park up by the somewhat touristy, El Crater restaurant located right at the rim of the crater. You can hike down into the crater, but we decided to simply enjoy the view. Leave a Comment
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The funny thing about La Mitad del Mundo is that it is, in fact, wrong!!! Ever since a scientific expedition determined that it was the spot to call the middle of the world, people have wanted to come and visit. In 1979, the stone monument and the complex was built and instantly it became a popular tourist attraction. But, then in recent years, the technological innovation of GPS has deemed the original site to be slightly off target. In fact, the real "middle of the world" is about 215 meters away at this new attraction. In my opinion, this is actually more interesting because of the science experiments that you can do here. Check out my pictures below and you'll being to understand. Balancing two eggs on top of each other, watching water spiral down a drain and even exerting downward force on your travel companion are all interesting experiments that will plainly reveal that the doing any of these things a few meters apart on either side of the true equator can make a big difference in the end result. Leave a Comment
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