Quito is Ecuador's capital city. It has an Old Town and a New Town. The Old Town is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The city of Quito is a whopping 2850m above sea level. It is the highest capital city in the world. If you flew straight into Quito you might be in trouble! At that altitude it can be hard to breathe. For me, I found breathing at high altitude like breathing after running a race. Your breath is short and quick and it seems hard to fill your lungs. Some people suffer from altitude sickness, they feel dizzy and sick. There is medicine you can take and usually it eases. I had traveled by bus from Chile, Bolivia and Peru so my body had been able to adjust as I traveled. Luckily the altitude didn't make me sick at any time.
Quito has a population of over 2.5million. The main religion in Ecuador is Catholic. Look closely at the first picture and you will see evidence of this.
The city of Quito is a whopping 2850m above sea level. It is the highest capital city in the world. If you flew straight into Quito you might be in trouble! At that altitude it can be hard to breathe. For me, I found breathing at high altitude like breathing after running a race. Your breath is short and quick and it seems hard to fill your lungs. Some people suffer from altitude sickness, they feel dizzy and sick. There is medicine you can take and usually it eases. I had traveled by bus from Chile, Bolivia and Peru so my body had been able to adjust as I traveled. Luckily the altitude didn't make me sick at any time.
Quito has a population of over 2.5million. The main religion in Ecuador is Catholic. Look closely at the first picture and you will see evidence of this.
The Virgin of El Panecillo looks over the city. El Panecillo is the name of the hill (Little Bread Loaf). In A Spanish artist Agustín de la Herrán Matorras was commissioned by a religious order in 1976 to build a 45 metre tall monument. It is made of 7000 pieces of aluminium. The people of Quito believe their statue is unique as she is the only one in the world with wings of an angel.
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