Ecuador Intro

Loved Ecuador the moment I got out of the airport in Quito and vowed we should come back ASAP. We’re only here to go to the Galapagos Islands and the Amazon Jungle and it seems like such a shame. So much more to see and do.

We’d booked a night in the Secret Garden hostel in Quito for a quick nights sleep before going straight back and getting a plane to Galapagos. Best hostel so far! Lovely rooms and wifi! Roof terrace\bar with a brilliant view of Quito. I only got to see it at stupid o’clock just after dawn though.

Apparently EVERYONE stays there and I can see why. They do recommend you get a pickup from the airport direct to Secret Garden (there’s a little booth with a Secret Garden sign or someone waiting there) for US$10. But it’s really not necessary. We did get it, and the only difference we could find was that someone showed us to the taxi we would have got anyway. There’s no huge babble of people trying to con you onto overpriced taxis right outside the airport and it looks like only official taxis can stop outside the airport. You can do the same trip in the same taxi for half price on your own.