Quito

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Quito
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Information
Country:
Flag of Ecuador
Ecuador
State: Pichincha
Population: 2,671,191 (2011)
Licence plate: P
Major roads: 35
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Quito is the capital of Ecuador.


Hitchhiking out

North towards Tulcan, Colombia

Get a bus from the Carcelen-Terminal in the very north heading towards Cayambe, Otavalo, Ibarra, or Tulcan. Get out at the first "peáje" toll-station. The bus will take 15min. There you can easily ask for lifts going north.


North-West towards La Mitts del Mundo, Mindo

Take a bus to the neighborhood of Carcelén. From there, you can walk east to reach the avenue Simon Bolívar. Start hitchhiking there, as there is several good spots at the roundabouts.


South towards Ambato, Cuenca, Loja, Guayaquil, Peru

There are two options:

Get the trole-bus to the Quitumbe-Terminal in the very south, from there catch any bus in direction south and get out at any point of the Panamericana. The first "peáje" ist quite far, so it is probably better to get out before (for example in Tambillo, there is a gas station). The bus from Quitumbe to Tambillo is 0,55 cents per person you will find it at the bottom of the station. This trip is about 21 Km. (May-2022 @patagonia.almundo)

Go to El trebol (big junction near "La Marin" in the center, final station of the Ecovia-bus). From there catch a bus in direction Tambillo/Machachi and get out in Tambillo. There is a gas station nearby.

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