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rudypmartz
  5/7/2022 02:02 EST

What is life like in Quito?

cccmedia
  5/8/2022 21:14 EST

70 Fahrenheit and partly cloudy year round .. except cooler on rainy days. 50 at night.

Don't expect anyone to speak English unless it's in an international business meeting .. or at a fancy hotel or restaurant .. or at a school or university where English is taught.

A lot more English is UNDERSTOOD than is spoken by the 'Ecuadoriano promedio'.

Small shops and eateries can sometimes exchange a 20-dollar bill, but don't count on it.

In Quito, much of the Gringo-friendly Mariscal sector is on flat ground. Centro is hilly, as are many other sectors.

Getting better lately since 2013 when I moved to Quito -- less dog poop in the streets, fewer dogs in packs, less visible pollution from the buses although some are still 'malo'.

People expect to be greeted with Buenos Días, Buenas Tardes and Buenas Noches. If you can't remember all of this, just say Hola, pronounced OH-lah.

Your enjoyment/enrichment/ability to communicate will be enhanced exponentially when you are a fluent Spanish speaker. Even then, you may not understand 20 percent of what is said to you because the speaker is from the Coast, the environment is so noisy that a fast speaker becomes incomprehensible or the speaker has no clue how to communicate with a Gringo effectively (or doesn't care if you understand).

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What else would you like to know about the capital?

cccmedia, El Centro, Quito

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