Photo Gallery - The Redandwhite Rag

2009 - 2011 | Galapagos Islands (November 2011) | Quito

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Peter in front of the Basilica of the National Vow

Statue of Garcia Moreno, twice president of Ecuador

Full view of the Basilica

Denise buying scarves of an Ecuadorian native

Stained glass in the Basilica

Basilica interior

Basilica interior

Basilica interior

Basilica gargoyles

Basilica gargolyles (the booby?)

Ecuadorians and their paintings

Basilica turtle gargolyles

More Basilica gargoyles (iguanas I think)

Quito's Independence Square

Entrance to the Carondelet Palace (seat of Government)

Statue in Independence Square

Equadorian Coat of Arms

Overall view of the President's (Carondelet) palace

Quito Cathedral

Interior courtyard in the old town

Base of statue in the Square with catheral directly behind

Cathedral side view

Entrance to cathedral

The Square (Hotel Plaza Grande in distance)

Quito old town

Hotel Plaza Grande

Interior Courtyard of Archbishop's palace

Another palace courtyard shot

The Jesuit Church of the Society of Jesus (internally decorated with gold leaf)

View of the cathedral tower

Close up of Cathedral domes from the courtyard of San Fransisco Church

San Fransisco Plaza - birds in flight

San Fransisco Plaza

Another Plaza view

San Fransisco church courtyard

San Fransisco church courtyard

Rooftops, washing and basilica!

Quito roofline

Another Plaza view

The Equator momument

Denise at the 'Equator line' (actually around 200 metres from here!)

Denise 'on the line' with the monument as backdrop

Ciudad Mitad del Mundo as seen from 30 metre high terrace of the museum

Another view from the monument platfoem

Looking North (ish) from the platform

Looking East with compass points in full view

Another view from the monument

Peter 'on the line'

Side view of the monument

Monument co-ordinates!