Day 12 - Quito, Ecuador

Today is another travel day. We say goodbye to Peru and take a two hour flight to Ecuador. Tonight we stay at the Swissotel in Quito, the capitol of Ecuador . We met our guide, Robby, at the airport. He will be staying with us for the duration of our time in Ecuador. The truckers in Ecuador are striking because the price of diesel went up significantly. There was a chance that this would affect our stay. However, the president of Ecuador left the city and strikers did not block the streets as expected.

Quito airport.

View of Quito from our hotel.

We had dinner in the hotel. The restaurant was new and they’d seemed to have logistic issues. Despite sending our orders in early, It took almost 3 hours to get our starter, main dish and dessert.

Shrimp ceviche served on a stone plate. I also tried the local gin for a gin and tonic.

Local gin, Cruzloma, distilled at latitude 0 0’ 0”

We have and early flight tomorrow, so there’s was no time to investigate Quito. We will be returning to Quito on our way home. We will have time then.