Quito, Ecuador: Latino International Style The music in the Quito nightclub is a meringe rhythm, but the ambiance is right out of New York: modern décor, bright lights, international food. Next door is an Italian restaurant with tiramisu and down the street on outdoor vendor serves falafel. Quito is full-on [...]
The second annual Cotacachi Olympics competition was held on Sunday, September 6. Organized by Jorge Quilumbaqui, a local builder and developer, this year’s competition involved 169 children, ages 10-12, from a dozen indigenous villages in the vicinity of Cotacachi. With each village group wearing different colored shirts, a procession of [...]
Quito Culture with Liliya Bykova – September, 2009 Here’s a September update from our Quito Cultural Arts reporter, Liliya Bykova. If you are interested in a wonderful walking tour of Old Town Quito and an insider look at expat life in Quito, please call or write: “Legends of Old Quito” [...]
Cotacachi has had a changing of the guard. During a traditional indigenous ceremony, Alberto Anrango was inaugurated Saturday afternoon as the town’s newest mayor. He walked down Calle Bolivar and took a seat on the steps of the Cathedral, along with Angel Proano, the city’s new Deputy Mayor, Pedro de [...]
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