Quito Travel Article in Forbes

Lea Lane's article in Forbes points out that Quito was named Best Leading Destination in South American as selected at the World Travel Awards in 2013 and '14.

There are some errors in Lane's reporting...

She says "Quito is the only place in the world where you can put one foot in the Northern Hemisphere and the other one in the Southern Hemisphere."

Actually, there are hundreds of places through which the Equator cuts.  In South America alone, the Equator runs over 1,000 miles through Ecuador, Colombia and northern Brazil.

And the Equator does not even go through Quito proper.  Mitad del Mundo is about 15 miles north of the capital.

Lane also says that Oswaldo Guayasamín -- Ecuador's most famous artist -- today is among those preserving arts and trades, offering workshops and presently available to discuss their works and their lives.  Actually, the Quito-born master painter and sculptor Guayasamín died in 1999.

Fact:  there is a Quito museum dedicated to his work.

C'mon, Forbes, where are your fact checkers?

cccmedia in Quito

Well how cool is that about the equator. Is the majority in Ecuador hence the name of the country? Dumb question from the Oracle? Will just have to get my lazy self out of the chair and check the map

suefrankdahl wrote:

Well how cool is that about the equator. Is the majority in Ecuador hence the name of the country?

When you check your map, you'll see that there is more of the Equator line in Colombia than EC and even more than that in northern Brazil.

Quito is the only large city in the world at extreme altitude, 9,350', and within 15 miles of the Equator.  Hence, its special year-round springlike climate.

cccmedia in Quito