After one week after arriving Quito I was very pleased to spend a day out of the city and breathe some wonderful clean air high up in the Andes during the Quilotoa Tour.
I arrived with swiss punctuality at 6:45 at the meeting point Plaza Foch and 90 percent of the other participants were already there. Everyone sitting in the bus and waiting for 5, 10, 20 minutes until a single lady finally arrived and we could go heading firstly to Papa Gayo.
Papa Gayo seems very nice and cozy. About 8 pups have been there, maybe they were born a month ago. After this stopover we headed to an indigenous market. From shoes, jackets and hats to fish and huge guinea pigs you could get almost everything you can imagine.. Most colorful and the best scent you could get between all the sorts of fruit and vegetables.
After this event we drove further to a cottage made out of grass and no windows at all to keep the inside as warm as possible on 4000 meters heights. The room was fulfilled with guinea pigs their smell and cheeping sounds. It`s the most popular meat in Ecuador and therefore comprehensible they share their place with those animals.
Arriving at the crater Quilotoa - totally freezing - we got a very tasty soup and a rice dish with chicken. Luckily I met two Swiss girls at the same age and some traveller from London. It was very funny and we really enjoyed the time. We didn`t try to go all the way down to the beautiful lake but after half the way we returned. Due to the sandy ground and the poor oxygen I was totally done after 10 minutes. Also the view was breathtaking.
After a long trip back to Papa Gayo we got some delicious chocolate cake and some tea. Chatting and having fun it has been a very good ending. Those daily tours are the best possibility for interns to getting know their surroundings and very good way to travel. There are of course other day trips for example the Cotopaxi Bikes Tour. I`m looking really forward to do the next trip!
I arrived with swiss punctuality at 6:45 at the meeting point Plaza Foch and 90 percent of the other participants were already there. Everyone sitting in the bus and waiting for 5, 10, 20 minutes until a single lady finally arrived and we could go heading firstly to Papa Gayo.
Papa Gayo seems very nice and cozy. About 8 pups have been there, maybe they were born a month ago. After this stopover we headed to an indigenous market. From shoes, jackets and hats to fish and huge guinea pigs you could get almost everything you can imagine.. Most colorful and the best scent you could get between all the sorts of fruit and vegetables.
After this event we drove further to a cottage made out of grass and no windows at all to keep the inside as warm as possible on 4000 meters heights. The room was fulfilled with guinea pigs their smell and cheeping sounds. It`s the most popular meat in Ecuador and therefore comprehensible they share their place with those animals.
Arriving at the crater Quilotoa - totally freezing - we got a very tasty soup and a rice dish with chicken. Luckily I met two Swiss girls at the same age and some traveller from London. It was very funny and we really enjoyed the time. We didn`t try to go all the way down to the beautiful lake but after half the way we returned. Due to the sandy ground and the poor oxygen I was totally done after 10 minutes. Also the view was breathtaking.
After a long trip back to Papa Gayo we got some delicious chocolate cake and some tea. Chatting and having fun it has been a very good ending. Those daily tours are the best possibility for interns to getting know their surroundings and very good way to travel. There are of course other day trips for example the Cotopaxi Bikes Tour. I`m looking really forward to do the next trip!
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