• Category Archives ecuador
  • Gold Church

    This church has a bunch of gold on the inside.

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    You aren’t allowed to take pictures of the gold on the inside so we only have boring pictures of the outside.

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    Directly across from the church is a building decorated with this cherub. The story goes that the owner hired aboriginals to build the building, but when the building was finished refused to pay. So they added this final decoration as a than you.

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    The church is full of gold.

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    Nearly every surface is covered with 14 carat gold. Except for the porcelain cherubs that seem to be peering out of every corner and are really creepy.

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  • Quito Flowers

    This garden had lots of pretty flowers.

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    Kerri liked the pink ones.

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    She also liked these red ones with a bit of pink.

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    And these frilly pink ones.

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    This does not look anything like a poppy plant.

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    But the flowers look like poppies.

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    This cactus is very spiky.

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    This cactus was actually flowering.

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    The flowers were kind of pretty.

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    These flowers were very long and weird.

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    These cactuses were less spiky than the other ones. but still spiky.

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