Quito is huge.
Starting from the bottom:
You have the bus station that caters to the south.
North of that you have the "old/historic town", which has a market, historical buildings, the churches and presidential building.
North of that you have "Mariscal/new town", where the main plaza is not a plaza, but the corners of Foch and Reina something-something. This place is cluttered with clubs, bars, restaurants, and cafés.
Wayyy north of this is the bus terminal that's caters to the north of the country.
I don't know how to explain it. It's not the layout of the city. People aren't walking around suspiciously... But the place just feels really, really sketchy.
Ecuadorians like sugar.
Their drink is "canelazo". It's hot, with sugar cane liquor, citric fruit juice and cinnamon... It's pretty strong!
At the market, there's classical blackberry juice with coconut juice. Incredibly delicious, wow!
Ecuador is the biggest grower of roses. They can be bought just about anywhere!
The also grow ALOT of chocolate because they have the climate, but it gets sold and processed elsewhere, so they don't get any fame from that.
Ecuador has two middles of the earth. One is clearly identified, it has a gigantic statue.
To get there take the blue line bus to Ofelia 0,25$, then the "Mitad del Mundo" line 0,20$, and you can spot it out of your left window.
Inside I ran into Google maps, for the second time in my life and took a selfie with them.
To go to the REAL middle of the earth, we had to get out and turn left and left...
That middle is the REAL middle (measured by GPS) and it has a guided tour that's loads of fun because they do experiments such as balancing an egg, 
walking a straight line, 
the sink funnels...
It was awesome. The guides were very informative.
I only wish they had a decent cafe or restaurant at the site.
Ecuador is also full of "independent" traveling salesmen that come into buses. Mostly selling miracle drugs.
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