I was feeling well enough to do some light sightseeing today. We had breakfast at our hostel. I must confess I prefer the breakfast at our first hostel. It’s funny, but although Carpedm is half the price, it has a better breakfast and doesn’t charge you $2 US for the tea. The other thing is that Masaya sells bottles of water for $1.50 when just outside the entrance, the …
The review for today is courtesy of John as Kimberly is not feeling well. Last night Kimberly came down with stomach problems (yes, we all know what that is code for) and chills. She wisely decided to forgo the day tour planned for the next day but gave me permission to head off on my own. The tour started at 6:30am and we had a group of six: two from Israel, …
I felt much better in the morning. After breakfast we checked out of the Carpedm Hostel. I would highly recommend this hostel: it is close to the Old Town, dorms or private rooms with their own bathroom, super comfy beds, no shortage of extra blankets and linens, healthy breakfast, all ages, and friendly, helpful staff. We had a private room and bathroom for $45 US per night. https://www.carpedm.ca/casa-carpedm-our-new-guesthouse/ Carpedm …
At 2,850 metres above sea level, Quito is the second highest national capital in the world. The highest is La Paz, Bolivia. Today we were heading to Cotopaxi National Park which is a volcano in a protected area about 50km away from Quito. Cotopaxi is the world’s second highest active volcano. It’s last huge eruption was in 1877 but it did show some activity in 2015. We caught our …
