Gotcha!! — The Historic Town of Quito, Ecuador
I could not wait to visit Quito, having read about the Historic Old Town with its colorful restored buildings… … and beautiful, almost medieval churches. …
Ecuador
CUENCA – The Athens of Ecuador
History Cuenca is the third largest City in Ecuador, and the second to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The other WHS site is …
LETTER from CUENCA – The New Cathedral
Among the Colonial Architectural treasures in Cuenca, are the Churches dating from the mid Sixteenth Century, when the powerful Inca Empire was conquered by the …
Letter from Ecuador – GUAYAQUIL
Guayaquil is the financial heart of Ecuador, a large, vibrant, sprawling Port City, with a population of three million people. Founded in 1537, unlike Quito …
Cementerio de San Francisco and other Thoughts
No logic in death!! Cemeteries are fascinating places: warehouses of history, with memorials displaying architecture for the After Life in memory of those buried within …
The Oswaldo Guayasamin Museum & Home
CAPILLO del HOMBRE and FUNDACION GUAYASAMIN. “Don’t leave Quito until you have visited Oswaldo Guayasamin’s Museum and home, ” I was told three weeks into …
Letter from Quito, Ecuador – CENTRO HISTORICO
I am staying in a Posada on a narrow cobblestone street, a five minute walk from the Independence Plaza, also known as the Grand Plaza, …
Letter From QUITO – La Posada Colonial
If you want authentic, this is it!! If you want the Hilton or The Four Seasons this is not it…………. but it is a wonderful …
Quito: Casa Gangotena
QUITO – Casa Gangotena I walked. And walked. And walked some more around the Old Town and each time, I would stumble on something I …