Fiestas de Quito

Quito was founded on December 6th in 1534. Every year the last week of November/first week of December the Ecuadorians celebrate the foundation of their capital city. The whole city gets packed with celebrations - traditional and modern types.

Jetlagged as we were we took an early morning stroll through the old town and gathered tons of first impressions (and, of course, a first sunburn for lunch ;-)).Read more