Barbados
Day 273-274 – Dover Beach, Barbados I’ll condense both days as I didn’t do much. I caught up on quite some sleep. I went the first day to the beach, which was a 5-min walk away. The second day, I went to Bridgetown explore the old town. I took a shared mini-van, 2 dollars (1…
A few flights later
Day 272 – Quito, Ecuador; Fort Lauderdale, USA; Dover Beach, Barbados I don’t remember the last time I visited three countries in a day. Passed through or flew over, sure, but actually stopped in, I’m not sure. Anyway. When I presented myself early at the boarding gate, I was taken aside for a control of…
Running after a phone
Day 271 – Quito, Ecuador How I ran around today. Going to the post office to send things back to France -“Without a receipt/invoice you cannot send more than three of each kind”-, which includes finding a box and buying tape. Dropping laundry because, laundry day, and this time I had miscalculated, so I wore…
Quilotoa Lake day tour
Day 270 – Quito, Ecuador That was my second organized tour, with the same company, and guess what? I had the same guide. So strangely enough, I knew all about the introduction part about the country and the highway. Yeah! \o/ We stopped first in a fresh-food market, where I loaded up on fresh produces.…
Otavalo market day tour
Day 269 – Quito, Ecuador (I’m late in my writings, so I’ll be quick for the next days’ accounts.) For this day tour, I had a meeting point a few minutes’ walk away from my hostel at the too-early hour of 7. Our guide, Patricio, talked about the country, the highway we were following -apparently…
National Museum of Ecuador
Day 268 – Quito, Ecuador I planned some day tours with my hostel, so the only days left to visit the National Museum -and its Pre-Columbian art- was either today or next Monday… and the museum closes on Mondays. Of course there was an artisan market on the way, so I made an unscheduled stop…
City Museum and Monastery of San Francisco
Day 267 – Quito, Ecuador I started the day with a visit of the City Museum. Not because I wanted to see the dioramas without any English translation, but because it is in a former hospital and I wanted to see the building. I did learn a bit about the history of Quito, but not…
Churches in Quito
Day 264 – Quito, Ecuador I started my stay in Quito in the historical centre. Colonial buildings, churches everywhere… I’ve been walking quite a few streets. But at some point it was time to start visiting the inside of buildings. I started with two churches, the most interesting of which I couldn’t take pictures of.…
Quito
Day 263 – Quito, Ecuador I was driven to the airport last night by the hostel staff to the sound of Indochine, apparently the French band is popular in Peru. Quirky. As usual I was early, but I did the checking in by kiosk, got the tag for my backpack, and in due time dropped…
Lima
Day 262 – Lima, Peru To summarize yesterday quickly, I missed the walking tour on a misunderstanding, spent the afternoon in a park with a book and a fresh drink, and took the free Spanish lesson at the end of the day. Lima – Park of the Exposition The teacher is a Venezuelan who left…