ECUADOR REPORT TRAVEL.

 

 

From Jorge Chàvez International Airport, located 20 km northwest of the tourist district of Miraflores in Lima, I take a LAN Company flight at 22.20 to Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport (Ecuador), located 30 km east of the center. of Quito. (I paid Euro 330.69 for the multi-leg air ticket for 5 flights: Lima - Quito, Cuenca - Quito, Quito - Lima, Lima - La Paz, La Paz - Santa Cruz). You can check in easily at the special machines set up in Spanish only.

 

From Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport (Ecuador), I take the local bus (there are many a day from 5.30 to 19.00) which makes several stops and takes about 1 hour and a half to reach Quitumbe land terminal, located in the south-west suburbs of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. The cost of the ticket is $ 2 and is paid to the vet who collects the money during the trip. For those who want to go to the north of the city, there is also the local bus that drops you off in the Rio Coca area.

For those who are in a hurry or want to travel more comfortably, you can take the Aeroservicios Company Bus, which makes the journey to the center of Quito without making intermediate stops, taking about 45 minutes for the price of 8 $.

To enter the bus area of ​​the Quitumbe terrestrial terminal, you pay 0.25 $ at the cashier but then you can take the Trole without paying anything that takes you in less than an hour, making an infinite number of stops, to the Estacio dei bus La Marin, which is the one adjacent to the historic center of Quito. Here I still pay $ 0.25 at the cash desk to take the Metrobus which in about 45 minutes takes me to the last station, Ofelia, located on the northern outskirts of Quito.

 

Here, without leaving the boarding area, I take one of the frequent buses to La Mitad del Mundo, located about 35 km north of the historic center of Quito. The ride takes about 40 minutes and costs $ 0.15 and is paid to the vet who collects the money during the trip. The bus leaves you near a large roundabout from which you can walk to the entrance to Mitad del Mundo in a few minutes. The ticket price is $ 3. The place is very touristic and is located on the equator at an altitude of mt. 2,483. There is an important monument whose entrance to the museum is paid separately and then there are numerous shops and restaurants. In the main square there are often several interesting shows.

 

The return to the Estacio of the La Marin buses takes place in the same way as the outward journey. From there the historic center, a World Heritage Site, can be easily explored on foot and, at least during the day, unlike other neighborhoods, it is quite safe as it is manned by the police.

 

Back at the spotless and modern Quitumbe land terminal, I purchase a 21.15 bus ticket to Cuenca from the Imbabura company for $ 12, including a boarding fee of $ 0.25. The seats are reclining and the journey takes over 9 hours. There are also other companies that cover this route at similar prices and in any case there are departures all day almost every hour.

 

In front of the Terrestrial Terminal of Cuenca in Ecuador, located 1.5 km north - east of the center, in Av. Espagna, several buses pass that in just 10 minutes take you to the historic center at a cost of $ 0.25. The coin must be inserted into a container as soon as you get on the bus from the front. Please note that paper money is not accepted and change is not given.

 

The compact historic center of Cuenca, declared a Unesco World Heritage Site by Unesco, is perfect for walking around.

 

Cuenca Mariscal La Mar Airport, located 2 km north-east of the center, in Av. Espagna, just 500 meters beyond the Terrestrial Terminal, it can be easily reached in about 10 minutes from the historic center with several buses, including numbers 26 and 28. The cost of the ticket is $ 0.25. The coin must be inserted into a container as soon as you get on the bus from the front. Please note that paper money is not accepted and change is not given.

My complete travel report with map, photographs and videos is available at this link:

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