Quito has always collected its fair share of foreign traffic, but Guayquil, the economic portal of Ecuador and the ever-bitter rival to Quito, is quickly becoming a hub to tourists and expats alike.
Yoga Studio Sadhana–How to Keep Chill in a Crazy Mad Town
Living in the city can be a stressful experience. Living in the Mariscal I have developed the eyes in the skull and the flexible neck that cranes side to side for a peripheral scan while walking each day. Every car driving by carries with it a potential mugging and every person walking by carries a potential concealed weapon beware the groups of racially profiled youths standing on corners. There is the constant traffic. There is the the packed bus and trolley. There is the strain of work-a-day-dollar-in-the-pocket Mariscal and there is time for a million visions and revisions. Luckily enough, cities, for all their meetings of people and ideas are intersections for positivity, a cross cultural crossroads. And no Read more
Guapulo: Sample the Best Ceviche in the City
Last Sunday a large group of us were all sat around a cropping of picnic bench tables ordering buckets of Pilsner. One of the first timers here asked about how much he should expect to spend and Kevin, who lives up the road and comes about every week said: “I don’t know really, I always order a few beers a plate of fish and ceviche and always end up paying about $10. In the end after a few crates of beer– I’m not sure how many beers our group of thirteen drank, but we all had a plate of fish and ceviche and it was a $138 bill. I probably shouldn’t be telling you about the best cevicheria Read more
Hostel Villa Cayetano–Mariscal’s best atmospere with the best location
If you come to Quito, the place to stay is in the Mariscal. Gringolandia it is, but it is the happening place town. All the good bars, the ethnic varieties of food, the extensive travel agencies and outfitters, etc, not to mention its central location between the airport to the north and the historical city to the south. Calle Calama one block over from calle Fosch(the center of it all) is home to the best restraunts, bookstores and clubs. Pretty much the hub of it all. Villa Cayetano location on Calama puts the guest in the thick of it all with a natural, open ambience, quality rooms, reasonable rates, and plenty of amenities.
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