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