Arrival in Quito

Seamless arrival in Quito, no plane delay or lost baggage, cool. Went directly to Jardi del Sol hostel were I directly met two Hotrockers. Next day we went visiting the old Quito which is one of the biggest old town in South America before joining the other Hotrockers for dinner.

Plaza de independencia 

Panecillo

Place in front of San Francisco Covent

Cool piano player who dedicated is life to old school piano repair

San Francisco covent

Quito old-town

View from Panecillo Old town in front and in the back Mariscal

Ernie !!!!!!!!

Beside of that Quito is like most of South America capitals not that interesting and dangerous in some areas (two people from the group have been mugged in the first days in Quito...). First meeting with the group in the evening around some pints. The group is pretty international with people form England, Scotland, US, Germany, South-Africa and even another guy from France. Also met some folks from the previous trip finishing their 8 months trip from Ushuaia to Ecuador. The trip starts directly the next morning after packing all the bags into the truck. The truck is pretty big and can fit up to 16 people, everyone gets a secured locker for personal belongings, it also includes bookshelves, bar, stereo and all the cooking facility.