Within this quadrant Argentina and Chile possess long-standing sovereignty claims, while more recently other Latin countries (Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Spain and Uruguay) have established presences therein. During the 1980s the concept of an ‘Ibero-American quadrant’ of Antarctica, located between 0° and 90°W, has acquired growing acceptance in Latin America and Spain. Since our last visit was on a Saturday, their son was also in the office, he was wearing is own dentist uniform, he was so cute, he will definitely follow in his parents footsteps … his grandmother had started the clinic many years ago … a true family business! When going to the dentist turns into friendship! After spending a week of daily visits at Dental Solutions in Quito, we became friends with the husband and wife team, we even took our new friends Chris & Nicole to get some dental work done.Geopolitical thinking has exerted, and continues to exert, a significant influence upon the approaches towards Antarctica taken by the principal nations of South America. $380 for a root canal, $420 for a crown and $15 per cavity filling !!! The husband had all the modern electronic equipment and made the crowns on site while his wife specialized in root canals and implants, her sister was about to graduate from dental school and was assisting in the office, she also spoke english which made it a little easier for us.
#CIRCULI MILITAR QUITO PROFESSIONAL#
The quality of their equipment and the professional service was equal to any US or Canadian dental office but at a fraction of the price. It’s by joining an Expat facebook group that I found this incredible dental office called Dental Solutions. Sitting in a chapel under the watchful eyes of Jesus and the virgin Mary was surreal but after the second pint we knew we were in good hands! Craft beer and pizza at the Bandido Brewing in the historic old town. You can read about our first visit by clicking this link.Ī fun evening with new friends from California, Chris & Nicole. Since this was our second visit to Quito we didn’t do much sightseeing. On Valentines day, February 14 2018, we drove back to Quito at our same spot at the Circulo Militar (military club) in the City center, where we ended up staying another 12 nights to complete our dental treatments, get some mechanical maintenance done on the truck and celebrate my birthday with new and old friends. Carlos, the super friendly hostel administrator told us that he was opening a new place down the road, so if you are a traveler in need of a place to stay or to park your rig near the Quito airport, check it out: Samay Glamping. Now back to Ecuador, this blog is about our return to Quito, how we celebrated our birthdays and a week long visit to the Cotopaxi National Park.Īfter our life-changing Galapagos adventure, we flew back to Quito, said goodbye to Eva & Jason and spent a few more nights at the Colibri Hostel by the airport, where Silver was waiting for us. Will it ever be the same again? … I sure hope so because we are more than ready for another adventure.
As I sit here in Florida, writing this blog about Ecuador, during what looks like a second worldwide wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, I can’t help but think how our world has changed in the blink of an eye, less than six months ago traveling was simple, all we had to worry about was to not overstay our tourist visas and vehicle temporary import permits … aw the good old days!!! Now that most borders are closed, putting a stop to international travel, it feels like we lost our freedom and our way of life especially since we just sold Silver, our trusted steed and home for the last five years.
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