Winged Virgin on the top of El Panecillo

Pam/ January 14, 2012/ Travel

Half the fun getting to the monument was the ride. The bus is huge, the roads narrow, so there can be some tricky maneuvering. There were great views of the densely packed housing that is Quito from the open air top of the bus. When I got off I told the driver her was “fantastico”! The statue itself is 148

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14 enero – Big Red Double Decker Bus

Pam/ January 14, 2012/ Travel

New to Quito is the double decker red tour bus. It’s $12 and stops at 12 places. It’s a steal, if you ask me. I could have spent twice that much in taxi fares. Because the bus is new, it gets as quite a lot of attention from people on the street. Today people looked, waved and smiled as we

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