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.
3500 Restaurant
We had dinner at the 3500 Restaurant in the Swissotel. This restaurant was started in the mountains at 3500 meters above sea level. (Hence the name). This restaurant in Quito 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. Our guide had picked it as we were not able to make his usual place due to delays driving in from the airport. The reviews were great for this restaurant. Our food was good, just delayed. The presentation was very fantastic. Food was served on stones and interesting bowl.
I got the Shrimp Ceviche as a starter, Catch of the day for my main dish and Cherimoya cloud for dessert. I also tried a gin and tonic with a local Ecuadorian gin called 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.
