New Town Quito

Day 3:

Went to check out the main bus terminal in Quito today so we could purchase our bus ticket to Banos. Our first impression of the bus terminal was not as bad as we thought. Yes, it´s a place we wouldn`t want to hang out at night, but if you know your way around and don´t act like you`re lost you`ll be fine. We found out that you can`t buy a bus ticket no more than one day in advance. We are going to Banos on Sunday so we couldn`t buy our tickets. However, we did familiarize ourselves with the terminal and on Sunday we can go directly to the ticket window and purchase our bus tickets.

After the bus terminal we took the same taxi (he waited for us at the bus terminal) to Teleferiqo. Teleferiqo is a amusement park with a gondola that takes you 13,500 feet above Quito. On our way up, in the gondala, we met an American woman traveling on her own for a couple of days in Quito before she headed to Peru for a nursing job. She was very nice and we exchanged experiences in Equador while we were going up to the top of the Teleferiqo.

Once we got to the top we definitely felt the altitude. We got very light headed as we tour around and took a few pictures. The weather wasn`t in our favor as it was very cloudy. There were a few times where we got a peak of Quito below as the clouds parted for a few moments.

After Teleferiqo we met our friends for lunch. We ate at Mediterraneo Ceviches Mariscos Carnes Pollos. We had a full meal, which included a drink, curry chicken, and soup for only $2. Our meal was very YUMMY! We especially loved the price. We don´t you can get a McDonald´s Happy Meal for that price.

We toured around the New Quito with our friends. We went to a very large mall near their house. Going to the mall is like going to Washington Square Mall. It was kind of a buzz kill for us, but we´re glad to know that there was someplace to go if you needed to go shopping.

We had dinner at one of our favorite places (we claimed it on of our favorites after eating there) called El Pobre Diablo. The food is VERY GOOD! They have filet migon for only $5.99. Another favorite dish was a chicken cordon blue type of meal called Pollo del Pobre for only $6.10. SUPER YUMMY! To top off our great meal we enjoyed our new favorite drink - pisco sour ($3)