Final Photos

Well, folks, we are back on American soil, having arrived last night. We are wandering around pretty dazed, to tell the truth. Six weeks can be enough to form habits. Where is my fresh baked bread and jugo de papaya? Here are a few more photos before signing off.

-Trudenski

A Roadside View on the way
down out of the Andes



















Guayaquil Malecon exercise circuit



















Guayaquil Rotunda: a reenaction



















In front of the amazing tropical garden on
the Malecon in Guayaquil

Around Quito

Old Town Quito

Since we were in Quito last, the city cleaned up
it's colonial section, Old Town. We enjoyed this
part of the city immensely. It now rivals the
beauty of Cuenca, even surpasses it, with fine
architecture, fresh paint, and a number of
pedestrian-only boulevards. On Sundays, they
close off a whole section of Old Town from all
automobile traffic.

The Basilica



































One of Many Churches

























View from our Hotel Window

























Plaza San Francisco at Night














A new tourist attraction, the Teleferico, is
perched above the city of Quito.



























It is basically a mind-boggling gondola ski lift,
from which you see the entire city as you ascend
to an altitude of 12,000 feet, beside Vulcan
Pichincha. The girls posed by the lookout point,
breathing very thin air.














From the other direction: Boy over Quito