Visit to Quito, Guayaquil and Cartagena in January 2018.

1. Quito
&Cartagena
31 December 2017 – 14 January 2018

2. Ecuadorean Andes

3. New Year’s Eve fireworks from our Quito hotel room window

4. Yes, this is a painting but it is a true representation of the Quito valley

6. Quito Basílica del Voto Nacional 1909

7. Gargoyles representing the rich biodiversity of Ecuador

8. Plaza del Teatro

12. Iglesia San Agustin 1617

14. Shoe lace seller

17. Holy procession after Christmas through Quito’s streets

20. Ecuadorian hot chocolate on Calle La Ronda

22. Judy is tempted but passed

23. Plaza San Francisco vendors

24. Iglesia y Monasterio de San Francisco 1604

26. Moorish influences reach Quito

35. Plaza Grande entertainment

38. Quito Cathedral 1572

41. Dessert at Hotel Plaza Grande restaurant

42. Plaza Grande

43. On the Guayaquil Malecón en route to the Galapagos

44. Quayaquil – Cerro Santa Ana

45. Parque de las Iguanas

46. Guayaquil Cathedral 1937

47. Divine tutu

48. Extraordinary overpass

49. Visit to Cerro Blanco preserve

52. Looking for howler monkeys

54. Cerro Blanco mirador

55. Our hotel in Cartagena

57. Plaza de la Aduana post Christmas

61. Cartagena Cathedral

62. Entertainment in the Plaza de la Proclamación

64. Plaza de la Paz arcade

66. La Matuna district street

67. Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas

71. Getsemani district

72. Plaza de la Trinidad

86. Museo del Oro Zenú

88. City walls – 7 miles surrounding the historic core completed in 1796

91. Mojitos on the city wall at Plaza De Santa Teresa

101. Modern Cartagena from Convent of Santa Cruz de la Popa

102. Historic core from Convent of Santa Cruz de la Popa

106. Cartagena cathedral

107. Leaving our hotel

108. Back in Quito

109. Exploring the cloud forest

112. Heavy rain driving in the cloud forest

113. Mindo bird sanctuary

122. Chocolate factory owner describing process

125. Mindo

126. Back in LA on approach to LAX – 110/105 freeways