We Just Can’t Quit You, Quito
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 05.19.08 | 11:08 AM ET
Last May, we noted that a $200 million renovation project in Ecuador’s capital was bearing fruit: crime was down, beauty was up and, according to some, old colonial Quito was worth more than a stopover en route to the Galapagos or Amazon. Today, the Los Angeles Times also reports on the city’s revitalization-in-progress. “Helped by foreign donors, the city now spends nearly $70 million a year restoring downtown landmarks,” Chris Kraul writes. “Recent projects include the centuries-old Jesuit La Compania, La Merced and San Francisco churches.”
Related on World Hum:
* In Cuenca, Ecuador, a ‘Spare, Unhurried, Bohemian Life’
Photo by L.Marcio_Ramalho via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
