After breakfast, Estefan and me went to the Embassy of Colombia to triple confirm if a Malaysian needs to apply visa to enter Colombia, since the staff asked me to check about the visa stuff when we called to reserve a seat to Cali, Colombia the night before.
Result : A Malaysian Passport holder doesn't need to apply visa to Colombia.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
FuFu Exploring Latin America
Ecuador - Part Five | 29th Jan - 5th Feb 2011
Ecuador - Part Five | 29th Jan - 5th Feb 2011
After that, Estefan left to his workshop and i started my own adventure around the city. Here is the financial district of Quito, in between of the Carolina Park.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Here you can see many high-rise buildings.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Estefan told me that Ecuadorian's ceviche is very different with what i had tried in Qrequipa, Peru. Hence i gave it a try when i spotted a stall selling ceviche de chochos.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Ceviche de chochos (beans, grilled corns and platano's chips with onion and many toppings). USD 0.80. Very salty. But will be nice if the sauce is not that strong. Chochos are the white beans you can see from the pictures.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Yeah the airport is very near.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
There's a Japanese pavilion for no reason.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
The park is really HUGE. Everywhere you go, definitely you would find different landscape. GOOD.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Street performance. Also a common view in Latin America. Just within 30seconds when the light is RED, a guy would perform at the zebra line and after that a partner of him will collect money from the drivers.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Avenida Rio Amazonas has a very nice pedestrian walk path, sharing with cyclist.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Came to Colon, where you can find all sort of restaurants, bars and clubs.
Colon, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Estefan highly recommended National Museum - Central Bank of Ecuador. No pictures allowed inside the museum, so i took one at the entrance. Many nice collections of pottery, ceramics, shells, money made by gold and copper, etc. It's FOC.
Casa de la Cultura, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Took bus to Ejido Park from Casa de la Culture.
Casa de la Cultura, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Basically, the city doesn't have that many private car. What makes the traffic worse is the number of taxi!!! Obviously, if you ever go to Quito or other major cities here in Latin America, you will realise that taxi plays a very important role carrying people here and there. Probably, it is affordable and comfortable than taking public transportation.
Parque Ejido, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
The bus i wanna take had arrived! The bus here is quite organised. Enter in the front and get off at the back. Well it is only for Metrobus because local buses that snaking through the city is very flexible. I mean you can get into the bus from every point you are standing and get off the bus anywhere by just yelling at the bus driver.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Another nice park close to the downtown.
Parque Ejido, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
The elderly people will gather at the park playing chess, cards, etc. Also they will play volleyball at the park. lol
Parque Ejido, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Pollo + papas + chorizo (chicken + potatos + sausage), USD 1.25. Love the chicken!!!!
Parque Ejido, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
A station of the trolley bus! One single fare trip is USD 0.25. Pretty cheap! And the trolley bus is always packed with people. Upper-middle class people definitely wouldnt like to be trapped inside the bus and choose taxi or driving their own cars moving around. It's not easy to plan a transportation system that could cater all needs.
Parque Ejido, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Soup with avocado, potato, beans and corns. YUMMY.
Centro, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Heads of little kids can be commonly found in every church in Quito.
Centro, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Planned to go up this hill visiting the Virgin but the weather didnt allow me to do so. Also i couldnt find a way up there. So, i walked back to the downtown again.
Centro, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Centro, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Centro, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
4/02/2011
Gorgeous!
I think this is a very good way to educate the passengers.
Estaciao La Y, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
''Parada Actual : Colon, Siguiente Parada : La Y''
I personally like the announcement made in the trolley bus and metro bus in Quito. Clear! Because even i dont know Spanish, i somehow know they are telling this station is Colon, next station is La Y.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
Vegetarian dinner. Once after the hot shower, food was served on the table. Didnt know Ecuadorian like vegetarian meat (made by corn flour) like Chinese too.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
04/02/2011
A comfy room. Thanks for hosting FuFu for 4nights in Quito!
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Breakfast before going to take bus to Cali, Colombia. Ecuadorian coffee is really yummy!
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Josue, Frabricio's youngerst brother. He had salsa class in the morning, so he couldnt send me off. But nice still we were in the car for couples of minutes.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Estefan, Fabricio's brother. He speaks very good English. Basically he was the one who told me everything about Quito.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
I asked them to leave because the bus from Lima, eru would be arriving Quito an hour later. Before they left, i requested a picture together.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Happy because they sent me off. We could see each other sooner hopefully.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
To kill the one hour, instead of sitting at the bus company, i had my own leisure stroll at Carolona Park.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
I asked why this lovely neighbourhood is surrounded the airport. The people wont find it noisy since it is the international airport with numerous of planes getting off and landing. Estefan told me, well actually this neighbourhood is developed around the airport and the local people have used to it already. Anyway, none of my business, and it is good as i could enjoy seeing the plane landing at the park also.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
It is really packed of people cycling and jogging around the park.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
From the park, you also could see many high-rise buildings, this area is the financial district.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Basketball courts and football fields were all ocupied at 10:30am.
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
See the black smoke from the diesel bus?
Parque Carolina, Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Pedestrian first then handicapped people, cyclist, bus user and lastly private car. But the concept couldnt be injected into the citizens in Quito, well basically all over the world (exeption in some developed countries).
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Still waiting for the bus! Had nothing to do, and no one at the bus stop, so now you see this picture! lol
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Ormeño, bringing passengers from Brazil, to Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.
Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador
05/02/2011
Lunch. Water : FOC, refilled at Fabricio's house. Bread : USD0.85.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
Generally i dont eat more when travelling from one place to another place by bus.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
At a small town an hour from Quito, Ecuador.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
I will always request for a window seat, be it plane, train or bus. Because you can always enjoy how nicely the painting of the sky while travelling. Definitely one of my best ways to kill the time.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
The bus driver was feeding the bus before feeding his stomach. And we were brought to an expensive restaurant. Lucky i had well prepared my own lunch, snacks and dinner!
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
Omeñeo, the international express bus, has a bad service! No movies for the first 8hrs, until a lady asked the driver to insert her DVD to the DVD player! Unless, we watched a nice movie (in Spanish) while having our dinner.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
Not a royal class bus though!! No TV. No Music. Toilet is dirty.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
The currency is in US dollar. So is our petro considered cheap or expensive?
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
Ecuador has different landscape. Greener than those i have been seeing in Argentina, Chile and Peru.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
The sun was hiding behind the cloud!
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
Stev, from Lima, Peru was headint o Cali too. He had never seen an Asian guy travelling alone and i was the first he met. He had no camera and asked me to snap this and gave me his contact to keep in touch. Yeah so the next time when i go back to Lima, Peru i would have another friend to take care of me.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
The toilet in the northern part of Ecuador, close to Colombia, is very disgusting. Just like those bathroom you would see in the remote area of developing countries. One thing good is the mirror is clean enough for me to snap this picture! lol
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
If the weather was good, i guess this picture would be breathtaking.
From Quito (ASL : average 2850m), Ecuador to Cali, Colombia
05/02/2011
13 comments:
街景很美
食物就很难想象。。。
从外面拍到窗子的那张是我的最爱
I miss long bus journeys in South America!
市區看起來真的很乾淨哦
南美洲的大都會很多都在高海拔的地方
一定很涼爽吧
So envy u, get to travel to so many countries...
the environment look lik so nice
all the building are so colourful^^
the food was so yummy!!
ps : i lik to eat, so jz focus on food..haha..=D
Love the San Fancisco Church and the food is yummy. tQ for sharing.
帅哥美景心情佳，
绿水青山天气好！
woah, interesting! that Ceviche de chochos sure looks tasty huh!
What's Ceviche de chochos ? Look alike salad...taste nice?
Haha...i think u have a great and amazing trip at there... =)
Lovely purple hue sky.
Enjoyed reading your experience in Ecuador.
呵呵，黑眼镜好抢眼
天空的蓝天白云那样 美!
very nice scenery...
very nice, ur life... =D
the environment look lik so nice all the building are so colourful^^ the food was so yummy!! ps : i lik to eat, so jz focus on food..haha..=D
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