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Quito y más Quito

May 12, 2014

Quick update from Quito, the capital of Ecuador in a valley high in the Andes. 

Rode over some mountains from Baños to Quito, had my first encounter with the city's infamous traffic, and only had to wait four days for the rain to quit long enough to get out and take some pictures of the amazing architecture all around this city.

Baños, reduced to white specks in the valley below

Baños, reduced to white specks in the valley below

Diego, owner of Mariscal Motos in Quito, showed me the fun way from Quito to Baños

Diego, owner of Mariscal Motos in Quito, showed me the fun way from Quito to Baños

Lane filtering in Quito's famously horrifying traffic

Lane filtering in Quito's famously horrifying traffic

Plaza Grande

Plaza Grande

Plaza Grande

Plaza Grande

Baby's first bath since Punta Arenas, Chile, literally at the opposite end of the continent.  I'd almost forgotten the bike was black underneath all of that dust.

Baby's first bath since Punta Arenas, Chile, literally at the opposite end of the continent.  I'd almost forgotten the bike was black underneath all of that dust.

Parque Metropolitano Gangüitagua

Parque Metropolitano Gangüitagua

In Travel Tags Ecuador, motorcycles, Travel, South America
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#nationaldogday (as if I needed an excuse)

Pic by @maxxintx
Good morning from #Texas
Retrato del Perezoso de la Amazonia (Amazonia Sloth Portrait) #tbt
This little lady finally woke up from hibernation, told me she was hungry for empanadas.
#mcm (that is, #monkey crush Monday): This time last year I was lucky enough to get to volunteer with rescued animals like Ricky the #CapuchinMonkey at Zoorefugio Tarqui in the Ecuadorian Amazon.  Head to the URL in the comments below to find out how
#tbt in #Chile (and #peru!). In parts of the #Atacama #Desert, it doesn't rain for years on end, and the land looks like Mars than Earth.  You can ride for hundreds of miles without seeing a single tree, cactus, or blade of grass out here.
#tbt in #Chile week 2: Shared my lunch with this dark-haired cutie one afternoon, but I didn't have room to stuff in her my jacket and take her with me :'(
#wcw
Going back to #Chile for #tbt : Moonrise in the #Atacama #Desert with my friend Oristárco from #Santiago.
#tbt "Camping behind a gas station in Arica, on the Chile/Perú border". This one goes out to anyone who ever had to rough it while out on the road and knows that real international travel isn't always as glamorous as our instagram ac
It's a big world, and you'll never see most of it if you only take paved roads. (#tbt Andes Mountains, Ayacucho Region, Peru)
#nationaldogday (as if I needed an excuse)

Pic by @maxxintx Good morning from #Texas Retrato del Perezoso de la Amazonia (Amazonia Sloth Portrait) #tbt This little lady finally woke up from hibernation, told me she was hungry for empanadas. #mcm (that is, #monkey crush Monday): This time last year I was lucky enough to get to volunteer with rescued animals like Ricky the #CapuchinMonkey at Zoorefugio Tarqui in the Ecuadorian Amazon.  Head to the URL in the comments below to find out how #tbt in #Chile (and #peru!). In parts of the #Atacama #Desert, it doesn't rain for years on end, and the land looks like Mars than Earth.  You can ride for hundreds of miles without seeing a single tree, cactus, or blade of grass out here. #tbt in #Chile week 2: Shared my lunch with this dark-haired cutie one afternoon, but I didn't have room to stuff in her my jacket and take her with me :'( #wcw Going back to #Chile for #tbt : Moonrise in the #Atacama #Desert with my friend Oristárco from #Santiago. #tbt "Camping behind a gas station in Arica, on the Chile/Perú border". This one goes out to anyone who ever had to rough it while out on the road and knows that real international travel isn't always as glamorous as our instagram ac It's a big world, and you'll never see most of it if you only take paved roads. (#tbt Andes Mountains, Ayacucho Region, Peru)

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Borders crossed: 11

Nights camped: 31

Empanadas eaten: 84

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