The capital and second-largest city in Ecuador (pop. 1,250,000),
Quito sits high in the Andes with an elevation of 9,300 ft/2,835
m. The mountains (including the active volcano Mt. Pichincha
to the west of the city that's been spewing ash recently) will
probably be the first things that strike you about Quito. The
next will be the air pollution, which is held in place by the
mountains (Quito occupies a long, narrow valley). The smog is
largely created by the hundreds of smoke-spewing buses -- local
and intercity -- that pass through the city. Quito is Ecuador's
principal transportation hub. Hostels in Quito |
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