Sunday, 19 January 2014

Quito: Heart of the Andes

Quito: Heart of the Andes


Quito is the capital of Ecuador. It was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an ancient Inca city. 

Today, two million people live in Quito. It was the first city to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978

Quito is lively, scenic and cosmopolitan. Its one and a half million inhabitants tend to be helpful and friendly.

Quito is two cities in one in the center their is the Old Town a perfectly preserved Spanish Colonial City with cobblestone streets, large plazas and gilded churches.

Quito is distinguished as the best-preserved, least altered historic center in Latin America. 

The city occupies a small basin in the great central plateau formed by the volcano Pichincha, the Puengasi ridge, and ridges formed by spurs from the eastern side of Pichincha. 

The land upon which Quito is built is uneven and is traversed by two deep ravines

Facing on to the principal square are the cathedral, the government palace, the archbishop's palace and the city hall. 

Approximately 20 minutes south of the equator, Ecuador’s capital is situated in the lush green Guapulo Valley, surrounded by rugged volcanic Andes Peaks reaching close to 20,00 feet.

The public buildings are of the heavy Spanish type.



Dream Vacation Canada

Dream Vacation Canada


Adventure Travel: Dream Vacation Canada

Saskatchewan is dubbed the "bread basket" of Canada, and is famous for its prairies and wheat fields.

Niagara Falls, Ontario is 130 kilometers (81 mi) from Toronto by road. The area of the Niagara Region is 1800 square kilometers

Gaspé is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec.

Alberta's Rocky Mountains

North Klondike Valley Yukon

Rideau Canal, Ottawa

Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island is an island located off the eastern coast of Canada

MIspec Beach, New Brunswick Canada

Bread Basket,” Saskatchewan produces more than half of the wheat grown in Canada.

Dorset, Ontario

Sauble Beach Top Beach in Ontario located on Lake Huron with cottages & campgrounds for family vacations.








Beautiful Canada a Land of Four Seasons

Beautiful Canada a Land of Four Seasons


Montréal Island Aboriginal land which is Algonquin, Huron and Iroquois from thousands of years ago when the French explorers to North America in the early 16th century

Casa Loma is a Gothic Revival style house and gardens in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a museum and landmark.

The Fairmont Empress  is one of the oldest and most famous hotels in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 

Edmonton, Alberta

The provincial capital of Quebec is Quebec City, the province's largest city is Montreal, the second largest city in Canada

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario.

False Creek, Vancouver

Vancouver is the largest city in the Canadian province of British Columbia and is the third largest in Canada.


Muskoka, Ontario 

Blue Mountain Ski Resort, the largest mountain resort in Ontario, Canada.











Lightning strikes rainbow at Yosemite Park

Lightning strikes rainbow at Yosemite Park



The one of a kind sighting was captured by Californian photographer Nolan Nitschke who captured a sequence of incredible images including the moment when a bolt struck a rainbow. The spectacular natural display was photographed at the Yosemite National Park in California.

 Sunset on North Dome

Granite cliffs

A stunning rainbow

A stunning rainbow on Waterfall 

A stunning rainbow on Waterfall 

Granite cliffs

 This image of an icy lake at the foot of some mountains

 Beautiful Yosemite National Park.

One-of-a-kind sighting with lightning bolt clashing with rainbow at Yosemite Park




Beautiful scenery in Peru

Beautiful scenery in Peru


Peru is a country of friendly people, beautiful scenery, and a great variety of cultural traditions.
It's an amazing way to get close to some of Peru's incredibly beautiful scenery, from turquoise glacial lagoons and snow-capped peaks, through tropical jungles and the mysterious cloud forest...

Sacred Valley

The Sacred Valley of the Incas is a valley in the Southern Sierra in Peru that contains many famous and beautiful Inca ruins.
  
Lake Sausacocha

Mount Veronica

Lake Titicaca 

Conococha Lake

The valley below Jirishanca

Salkantay Mountain

Sacsayhuaman

Colca Canyon