Quito pictures - Centro Historico

Here are some pics I took of Quito a couple days ago. The pictures from above are from the Panecillo, the angel statue up on a hill on the edge of the city.

From what I understand one of Ecuador's past "Miss Ecuadors" decided during her reign that she would like for a blue heart to be painted on the road on the spot of every fatal accident.... hmm.. nice, but not necessarily very comforting to see just after your bus driver decides at the last minute not to pass that car ahead as it approaches the sharp mountain-top blind right-hand turn and the huge Mack truck would-have-been-accident safely barrels around the bend past you. (This story is entirely fictional Mum. Muah!)