Videos tagged with "cities"

Quito, Ecuador [02:36]
The capital of Ecuador is a great place to get a taste of the South American highlands. Quito is one of the highest placed cities in the world, and the view from there is fantastic. If you come there you can see the Virtue of Quito, climb on volcanoes or step on the Equator Line. You can do many cool things, and we have been there!
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ECUADOR Latest Ad - Tourism Commercial - HD HQ [02:41]
DISCOVER a new paradise Ecuador. ECUADOR has the biggest biodiversity per area in the world!. Ecuador ranked in the first place with regards to species per area. The richness of ECUADOR lies in its DIVERSITY, both natural and cultural. Ecuador has 4 diverse and unique regions: The amazon rain forest, the highland Andes, the Coast ,and the Galapagos Archipelago. LOCATION: Ecuador is one of the smallest countries in America . It lies on both the northern and southern Hemispheres and its divided by the Equator , thus the name of the country. It borders Colombia ( North ), Peru ( south and East ) , and the Pacific Ocean ( West ). AREA: about 270.670 km2 or 168.186 square miles. POPULATION: approximately 13 million. LANGUAGE: The first language is Spanish, however most indigenous population speaks Quichua. There are 18 different languages among native communities in the country. RELIGION: 95% catholics. CURRENCY: American Dollar. CLIMATE: The climate throughout the country ranges from tropical equatorial rain in the amazon to perpetual snow on top of the mountains. Cities in the highlands have temperatures that vary from 50F to 70F, while the coastal cities temperatures vary from 60F to 80F during the day. The weather in the jungle is constant: rainy, humid and warm. The Galapagos Island are sunny and warm during the months of December-May , the temperatures drops from June to November.
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LifeTrack - A Latin American Melting Pot - Quito, Ecuador [04:53]
We spent twelve days in Quito, a city we enjoyed very much. From the historic center of the Old Town, the delicious menestras, the Middle of the Earth, etc. In this video we talk about our experience in this colonial town, one of the biggest cities in Ecuador. Hope you enjoy it as we did!
Tags: Quito, Ecuador, Urbanization, City, The Middle of the Earth, Old Town, Colonial, Latin America, South America

City of Quito - Great Attractions (Quito , Ecuador) [01:04]
Take a tour of City of Quito in Quito , Ecuador -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats. Quito is among the most populated cities of Ecuador, a metropolis, and also the country's capital. Quito is divided into three sections, the northern modern district, the southern industrial district, and the central colonial district. The majority of the town's houses and buildings were built pre-dominantly in a Spanish style of architecture. It is blessed with superb architecture, elegant surroundings, and striking plazas. The foundations of this archaic town were laid in the 16th Century on the site of a previous Incan city. Quito is enveloped by fertile valleys, volcanic, and green mountains with lovely forestry, making it a true natural haven.
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"Like No Place on Earth" Jeffsadventures's photos around Galapagos Islands, Ecuador [02:38]
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Galapagos Islands, Ecuador by TravelPod blogger Jeffsadventures titled "Like No Place on Earth" Jeffsadventures's travel blog entry: "A couple weeks ago, I left Cuenca on the afternoon bus to Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. From there, I planned to arrange a trip to the famous Galapagos Islands where Charles Darwin formed his theory of evolution. Along the way, the bus had to stop at a roadside repair station to change a flat tire. While I was there, I met an old, very excitable, indigenous man that was so happy to see people, he ran out of his little store to greet everyone personally. I asked him where I was and the name of his town. This puzzled him for a moment. After some confusing thought, he eventually replied, "It's part of Ecuador." Coincidentally, this was my first guess as well. With a little more thinking, he eventually decided it was Kilometer 26. KM 26 on the main highway from Cuenca to Guayaquil. So there you have it.. I visited KM 26 somewhere in a part of Ecuador between these two cities. I arrived in Guayaquil just in time for their biggest festival of the year... which I had no idea about until I opened my guide book for a hotel recommendation and was warned hotels may be hard to come by. Luck prevailed and I found a good one near the center of town. Guayaquil has done a lot to improve itself in recent years and the new mile and a half long Malecon 2000 boardwalk along the river is better than ...
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