So come along on our journey as we tell you all about our Angell Travels to the Galapagos islands. Each day was packed full of sites, activities, and fun.
On May 26 we start our adventure by flying to Quito, Ecuador. We spend 2 nights at the LaJimenita Hotel and meet up with others in our Galapagos group.
The LaJimenita is located on a private natural reserve. There are many nature trails, an archeological tunnel, an abundance of flowers, shrubs and trees....
...and is the area is home to many hummingbirds.
Our group goes on a city tour of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city. Despite the 1917 earthquake, the city has the best preserved and least altered historic center in Latin America.
We visited the monasteries of San Francisco and Santo Domingo, and the Church and Jesuit College of LaCompania.
Quito is known for its well-preserved colonial center, rich with 16th- and 17th-century churches and other structures blending European and Moorish styles.
We visited the central square with the presidential palace,
the archeological museum,
High on top of the hill named El Panecillo is a statue made of seven thousand pieces of aluminum.
According to a bronze placard on the monument, the woman represented by the statue is the Woman of the Apocalypse, as described in the Book of Revelation (12:1–18).
It was a whirlwind of a day of siteseeing. Back at the hotel we relaxed over dinner and then joined the owner, Diego, and his dog, Francois, to explore the Jutuc Runa Inca Archeological Tunnel located right on the hotel property.
We walked through the tunnel in total darkness, except for an occasional camera flash, and experienced a strange sensory deprivation.
The next day we fly to the Galapagos islands and our adventure continues.....
On May 26 we start our adventure by flying to Quito, Ecuador. We spend 2 nights at the LaJimenita Hotel and meet up with others in our Galapagos group.
The LaJimenita is located on a private natural reserve. There are many nature trails, an archeological tunnel, an abundance of flowers, shrubs and trees....
There are 8 volcanoes in the Quito area and we had a great view of one of them from our hotel.
Our group goes on a city tour of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city. Despite the 1917 earthquake, the city has the best preserved and least altered historic center in Latin America.
We visited the monasteries of San Francisco and Santo Domingo, and the Church and Jesuit College of LaCompania.
Quito is known for its well-preserved colonial center, rich with 16th- and 17th-century churches and other structures blending European and Moorish styles.
and the La Compania church where Terry buys a book of Galapagos and we take a photo with the photographer.
High on top of the hill named El Panecillo is a statue made of seven thousand pieces of aluminum.
According to a bronze placard on the monument, the woman represented by the statue is the Woman of the Apocalypse, as described in the Book of Revelation (12:1–18).
It was a whirlwind of a day of siteseeing. Back at the hotel we relaxed over dinner and then joined the owner, Diego, and his dog, Francois, to explore the Jutuc Runa Inca Archeological Tunnel located right on the hotel property.
We walked through the tunnel in total darkness, except for an occasional camera flash, and experienced a strange sensory deprivation.
The next day we fly to the Galapagos islands and our adventure continues.....
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