After a short meeting at the hotel with our tour guide we headed by bus to the "Old Town" section of Quito.
The Basilica of the National Vow (Spanish: Basílica del Voto Nacional)
Independence Square (Spanish: Plaza de la Independencia)
La Compañía Church
Iglesia de El Sagrario doors
El Panecillo hill
Street vendors
Street performers
"Old Town" street
Middle of the World
After a quick tour of Quito we headed north by bus to San Antonio de Pichincha, the Equator.
The monument and Equator line at "Middle of the World" is not exactly on the Equator. My GPS shows the Equator is actually a couple hundred feet to the north.
Helados de Paila, Pomasqui - an ice cream break
Road to Otavalo
Otavalo
After a day on the bus we arrive at our overnight location
The main lodge
Our cabin at the lake
Our room. The maid started the fire while we were at dinner.
Hummingbirds
At dinner we had a toast with a local drink served in a gourd . He man's drink had a hat and the woman's drink had beads.
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