Quito Evening Moonshine
Quito International Airport (Arrivals) – Hey, I think I know those people!
Two photo challenges overlapped this week; Jake prompted us for a post about cities, and Frizztext’s march through the alphabet brought us to the letter Q. My friends, Hank and Marie Groff, arrived in Quito for their first visit to Ecuador, so enjoy the pictorial of their first two days in the country!
Quito Morning Sunshine
Good morning, sunshine!
Yellow Boots – Mariscal District
Cafe Cultura- Quito
Guess Who?!
Mercedes, comfortable in her own skin!
Casa del Alabado – Quito
Jama Coaque 500 BC – 1500 AD
Artifact/ Casa del Alabado (4,000 – 1,500 BC)
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Quito – Casa del Alabado –
See you again soon for one more post for the letter ‘Q,’ from the quinoa fields near Otavalo!
Z
Zeebra Designs & Destinations 
I love Quito. Your friends are lucky to have you as tour guide. Love that photo of the twig (bamboo??) wall at Casa del Alabado. Looks like you all are having fun.
We are having a great visit and are presently at the oldest hacienda in the country (Hacienda Guachala) half an hour antes Otavalo.
Yes, the twig wall treatment was impressive. Having someone in the photo helps show the scale!
Tomorrow we’re Banos bound!
Thanks for commenting!
LisaZ
Lovely photos from a part of the world I can’t even imagine. Well, at least I couldn’t! Now I can – just a bit – thanks to you!
That’s such a great attitude! I look forward to finding time to wade through the past day’s photos here at Hacienda Guachala, the tour of a rose production facility, a tour of a quinoa farm AND a trip to the colorful market at Otavalo. I look forward to sharing more soon!
Lisa/Z
Have a great time together. I just love looking at all your pictures and reading your thoughts here on line. Thanks for sharing your pieces of paradise with all of us.
Thank you, Gwen! I am glad that you’re enjoying the posts! That means a lot!
It’s so great to see Hank and Marie and to be a tourist for a while! The Andes are such a contrast to balmy Guanacaste – especially at night (brrr), though the days have been quite nice.
I was amused by the marie mask / guess who-picture 🙂
we have been laughing a lot.. be prepared for some really fun images. we have little time for internet or photos but wow, are we ever having a great trip!
from guaranda, ecuador
z
I love the bright colors. Thanks for sharing!
you are welcome! we’re having a great trip through the andes, but with little time to be online.. hit and miss with internet, and about 12 g of photos to manage (and counting!)
for now i surrender to slumber,
z
Enjoyed so much of the Quito tour! Thank you, z!
you are so welcome…
more soon, but buckle your seat belts when new posts arrive! we’re having an amazing trip!
z
Hello Lisa, Hello Marie and Hank !
what a pleasure to see that you are together and in such good mood.
Marie and Hank, enjoy your stay in this nice country, enjoy being tourists (that’s not so frequent !), enjoy having a nice and kind guide such as Lisa.
Lise and I are thinking to you three.
warmest thoughts
Helene
hey amiga! we continue to have a great time and agreed that your presence would make it even better! we have laughed a lot at unexpected surprise moments, and sometimes the beauty of the andes all but makes us cry.
we are in the small city of guaranda tonight and heading to cuenca tomorrow.
more soon,
lisa
The Casa del Alabado looks awesome and its contents even more so!
I met a girl from Quito while traveling through Europe in the mid 80’s, and we kept in touch for a while. She used to be a guide on the Galapagos cruises. Her letters became intermittent and finally stopped. This post brought back memories of that pretty young girl 🙂
i’m glad you enjoyed the post. my friends and i are having an amazing trip down the andes.
it would be great to find out what happened to your pen pal.
z
Hey I know those people too!! Mr and Mrs Swan!! and their beautiful smiles! Wish I could be visiting with all of you too. Thanks for the post Z as always you do beautiful work!!!
Hugs and love to all 3 of you!
Bb
hey amiga! we are having a great time! tomorrow – cuenca!
z
Quito is magical at night. The lights, the moon, the passionate dark sky. Beautiful…just like the wonderful smile in this photo.
gracias! we continue to smile!
z
Hi Z! Thank you for sharing your wonderful trip not only with your friends there but with us! The wall with the branches, twigs is so artful! I guess you are getting new ideas there for your lovely compositions! Safe travels!
we are having an amazing, magical trip down the andes; thanks so much! i have days of managing photos ahead of me, and will be sharing stories y images soon!
z
You show it well… Now I’d love to visit Quito. 😉
just wait! more images y stories soon!
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Thanks to you I know a little bit about Quito. Such vibrant colors in the markets
i am so glad you are enjoying the travel photos! hank and marie have returned to costa rica, and i returned to the riverhouse yesterdcay. now comes the task of wading through what must be thousands of photos taken over the past month – work on the house and then traveling!
more soon amiga,
lisa/z