Quito

[Utahn]

I lived in Quito for six months several years ago and recently returned for a short visit. My favorite place is still Guajira, located in an old house at Almagro 1273. That is about a block from the new Marriott.

It is a familiar drill: Ring the bell at the gate on the street. A doorman opens the gate and you walk to the front door. Someone opens and leads you into a small bar. There you can either have a beer or ask to the see the available girls. There were about 6 the day I visited. I selected a tall, attractive and vigorous woman from Guayaquil. I would rate her beauty at maybe a 7 on a scale of 1-10. I paid $15 for an enthusiastic session. I was completely satisfied.

There are dozens of more expensive places in Quitos, but the location of Guajira is good, it feels safe, the price is right, and there is usually a least one fairly attractive woman. I think it is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. This is mainly a locals place, so don't expect to find anyone who speaks English.

I found a new place to stay this trip that I really liked: Hotel Posada Real
http://www.hposadareal.com. It is a couple of blocks from the Mariscal tourist district, so much quieter than the hotels there. It is not a place where you could take a date back to your room, however.

By the way, the best place to find ads is the newspaper "Ultimas Noticias" that is sold on the streets every afternoon in Quito. They are in the classified section under "adultos."

[Maltrufio]

Update: I was thinking of planning another Quito trip and just checked Cafe Cultural rates at their website. This place must have gotten real popular - rates are up to $60.

Another nice place I've stayed in Mariscal is Antinea. They're small suites with kitchenettes - http://hotelantinea.com. They also have duplexes, etc. If you pay cash, you get a good discount.

[PrivatStuff]

HEY GUYS:

I FOUND OUT THAT AFTER I ARRIVE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. ON MONDAY MORNING, I WILL FLY ONTO TENA TO DO SOME WORK.

WHAT IS THE STORY ON THE AREA FROM TENA TO YURALAPA?

THANKS,
DAVID

[PrivatStuff]

Greetings from the states.

I will be in Quito for a week starting this Sunday. Does anyone have some current info on the local girls and $.

Thanks,
David

[Maltrufio]

To add my two cents on Quito: I've been to the nicer clubs, all detailed below, and the descriptions were very accurate, thanks guys. Another option is street girls (SG) in Mariscal Sucre when you're feeling cheap. I've walked around in this district on several evenings and every time I've been approached by a SG, some attractive, some not. Prices have ranged from $15 to $40 (double with 2 18-year olds) and I've never been disappointed. I never take them back to my hotel, but stop in to one of the many hourly dives (the girls know them all). Last girl I took, a beautiful, young, black girl from Las Esmereldas, cost me $20 for her and $2.50 for the room. Before jumping on the its-safer-to-take-a-taxi bandwagon, I stick to the main, lighted avenues and stay very aware of everything going on around me. Never had a problem after more than a dozen trips. TJ is much more dangerous than this part of Quito, just be careful.

Also, I prefer Cafe Cultura in Mariscal Sucre for the hotel. Beautifully restored old home with local charm and reasonable prices ($35 - $45)

[Jager]

MeGustaBoliches,

thanks for the honest answer, which brings us back to these basic questions we all have to decide: how much are we willing to spent for our hobby and how big is our budget?

How long will we be in town and how much is it worth to us to spent a limited time with a very good looking girl vs. more time and often more 'quality' time with a maybe less attractive but more genuine girl, who might enjoy our company more then the good looking stunning girl, that can't stop looking at herself in the mirror when she is talking to us.

I think when we have found the right balance between attractive looks and good feelings from the other person, then we are getting our moneys worth and often more, especially in Latin America vs. Europe or other 'developed' nations.

[MeGustaBoliches]

Jager,

I have been to A Doll's House (Casa de Munecas) and it is indeed the nicest in Quito, also quite expensive! Including drinks, I spent 200dollars for a session in one of the bedrooms on premises. Granted, she was a 19year old Colombiana as pretty as any woman I have ever spent time with, but, damn, for the same amount of money I could have taken a chica from Swing or another club to Banos for a week, or at least a long weekend, in short, I think you saved money and probably had a better time in Swing, Night Cat, etc.

[Jager]

Havannaman,

Thanks for your positive feedback about our reports.

Now after returning from Quito I regret that I did not try the two 'best' places called 'Doll House' and 'Tejo rojo' = Red Roof.

One taxi driver told me that they are the best in Quito, but entrance fee was around $ 45 and not $ 7 or 10.00 as in the places I have visited. I guess it depends on your funds for your hobby. Just out of curiosity I should have visited one of them just to be able to compare. Given the situation in other countries prices in Quito are very reasonable and this would be my recommendation to you, go try those 2 places and see what you think. You will spent $ 50 entrance fee including drinks and you might just find a real nice person to be with or there are more 'pretty' girls absorbed with their beauty and looks. You never know until you go into the place. I probably will try them next time.

[Organicgrowth]

Ezy, your report {09-16-02 21:31}; and Lupo {08-13-03 15:19} have to be amongst the best I have read in the past couple of years. Thank you.

I was looking for a place to visit and having given Quito a consideration I am very drawn to it. Its reports like this that make me come back again and again to WSG.

Thank you gentlemen.

Regards Havanaman

[Jager]

Update on Quito

First of all thanks to ezy for providing such an interesting and useful report for newcomers to Quito.

[Personal note: those reports are exactly what the WSG board should be used for and not writing how you screwed that blond skinny girl, you can’t remember her name and where it was or how much it was, but you got a good deal because you talked her down by US 10 $].

Here are some updates on several tips from the earlier extensive Quito report by ezy.

US small change
You can go to any casino, of which there are many in the touristy Mariscal Sucre (Gringolandia) area and they will happily break large bills for you, assuming you will spent them in their casino. You will need a lot of single dollar bills and US $ 5.00 during your stay, so better get a lot of them in the US before your trip

Safety
Take a taxi where ever you go, don’t try to be cheap and safe some money and walk, it is not recommended to walk after 6 pm, when it gets dark. The taxi drivers don’t mind taking you 1 or 2 blocks they are happy to get US $ 1 or 2 or 3, depending on the distance. Most of them are very friendly and will help you decide to which places to go.

Restaurants
I had lunch at the European San Bernard Restaurant del Chalet Suisse on the corner of Reina Victoria (N24-191) and Calama Street. Their Beef stroganoff is excellent (US $ 7.70). This place is across from Adam’s Ribs on Calama from where you can see the restaurant Mama Clorinda’s, which I never tried.

Clubs
Since the report was written there have been a few changes and I would like to provide some updates. I have been to 4 of the clubs and here is what I experienced.

I arrived on a Saturday night and when I drove from the airport to my hotel I saw a few girls working on the street corners of Juan Leon Mera around 9:30pm. Some were not bad looking, but probably not worth a try, since I always feel safer in a bar or club, maybe wrong but that’s how I feel.

Brindinis, one block North from the Hilton located between Amazonas and Juan Leon Mera on Jorge Washington # 611 is now called ZEU’s and has a big blue neon sign with two arrows on top of the building. I arrived there at 10:30 pm and the place was almost empty with about 15 girls sitting around. No one really attracted me, so I started to talk to the bartender called Andres from Colombia. His English was good which he wanted to practice and he told me that most people working in ZEU’s are from Colombia. He introduced me to his boss, the owner of the place who was also from Colombia and about 90% of the girls where Colombians as well. They are open Mo-Sat from 7pm to 4am. Closed Sundays, like all the other places. Sunday is their day of rest and you will not find anything open or girls on the street. There was a $ 10.00 cover charge which included 2 drinks of your choice. Drinks for the girls are extra. If you want to go upstairs with a girl it costs $ 26.00 for the room and maybe $ 40 for the girl. If you want to take a girl out to your hotel it costs $ 30.00 bar fine after midnight for the rest of the night and if you want to take her out before midnight she has to return after 2 hours. Then you have to negotiate with the girl what she wants for the amount of time you like her to be with you. The place started to fill up with local patrons and I did not see any other gringo in there. The term Gringo is not always used negatively, depending on the context. However I was getting tired from the long travel and did not feel like doing much at that place, drank my 2 drinks and tipped Andres before I left.

I took a taxi to Night Cat across from the Marriott. The place was bigger then ZEU’s and after being patted down by a security guard and paying $ 10.00 cover which again included 2 drink coupons I made my way towards the stage. There were quite a few customers and many girls and I sat down by myself on a black chair, getting a lot of eye contact. Just like at ZEU’s what was nice here too, there is no pressure at all. The waiter just want to show you a place to sit, but you don’t have to if you want to stand and see what is going on. The girls will not approach you, they look at you and might waive, but will not come to you and hassle you. I find that very positive. Two fairly attractive strippers provided a good show for over 40 minutes, which ended with both of them taking a nice shower in a see through glass cabin on stage. A little off stage was also a big queen size bed, they used during their show. The waiters were friendly and after a while I joined a dark haired girl, who had smiled nicely at me a few times. I bought her a drink and a pack of cigarettes, she asked very politely for. The waiter asked if I wanted to start a tap, which I declined and paid for the drink and the pack, I believe it was around $ 6.00. After a while her black friend joined us and I also bought her a $ 3.00 beer, which she appreciated. We all talked and watched the show, my back started to hurt from the uncomfortable chairs and I decided to ask her for the prices to go upstairs. She told me $ 15 for the house room fee and about $ 40 for the girl. I said ok, gave her $ 15 which she paid the house and got a ticket stub and a condom. We went upstairs and were given a towel and shown to our room at the end of a corridor, I tipped the lady showing us to our room. The session was ok, nothing special. Quite frankly I wanted to get away from the loud music, smoke and the uncomfortable chairs. The second reason was to see how she treated me and to get her cell phone number. She could not leave with me that night, because she was traveling Sunday morning by bus for 5 hours and was to return by Monday evening. I paid her $ 40.00 plus $ 20.00 tip, since she was nice and friendly, the caressing type without being asked for, just a nice person to be with in a room, with or without clothes on, she made me feel comfortable. The lady knocked at our door after about 30-40 minutes and we got dressed, there was a small private bath with the room. I went downstairs, while she put her makeup on again. We had another 2 beers sitting next to each other on better sofa chairs, talking and holding hands. Around 3:30 pm I told her that I was going to leave and I will call her Monday evening after she gave me her cell phone number.

Sunday all the places were closed and I rested and worked a little.

Monday evening I called the girl from Night Cat, but she told me she was still traveling and that she wanted to see me Tuesday night. I was a little disappointed not being able to meet with her and then decided to go out anyway. I took a taxi to a club called Swing. After paying the $ 7.00 entrance fee which was good for 2 drinks, I watched a somewhat overweight bottle blond do a strip show. Her act was followed by a much better looking tall blond, with a firm body and nice medium perky tits. She made eye contact during her show and when I tipped her with several $ 1 bills during her show she told me that she wanted to talk to me afterwards. I said ok and waited until she was finished, it was around 11 pm. She told me that she would go to my hotel with me for $ 100 and the $ 10.00 bar fine, but she could never speak without constantly checking in the mirror how pretty she was, which was a major turnoff for me. She also was not sure for how long and if she needed to return. I told her thanks, but no thanks and left after a few minutes talking to her. She certainly was tall and attractive, but too much into herself. On that slow Monday evening there were about 15 girls working with about 8-10 customers. Overall the atmosphere was cold and too much loud techno music and not a nice place to sit and just talk with a girl.

I took a taxi to Vibracion on 739 Wilson between Juan Leon Mera and Amazonas. The place was a nice big comfortable room with sofa chairs and about 6-8 girls working. They had a real fire going in the fireplace and 2 girls were warming their feet, since it has gotten cold especially in the evenings. Unfortunately the 2 girls which were attractive had already male company and the others did not appeal to me. The waiter was extremely friendly and described very nicely the prices: For $ 50. 00 which includes the house fee and the price for the girl you can go upstairs. For $ 15 bar fine you can take her out and negotiate with her for how long and for how much. Overall I rate this place much higher then the original report due to the friendly staff and the nice cozy atmosphere in the big room that evening. Nice sofa chairs and the music was not too loud, nice friendly girls and definitely a no pressure situation. I stayed for about 10 minutes then left.

I took another taxi to ZEU’s. After speaking to the bartender Andres, I approached a dark skinned girl named Ximena and asked her if she wanted to have a drink with me. She said of course and that she remembered me from last Saturday and that I did not drink or dance or speak to anyone except the bartender. I told her that this was correct and that I was very tired that evening. I asked her how much it would cost if she would go with me to my hotel. She told me $ 30.00 bar fine and for her for 2 hours $ 80 and for 1 hour $ 50. I thought that was ok, and did not want to start haggling over the price, since she was nice and cold and would certainly not mind to leave on that slow Monday evening at 1:30 am. I paid the fine, my and her drink and she went with me in a taxi to my hotel. After getting into the room, she asked me nicely if she could have a small bottle of wine from the mini bar and it was obvious that she had been in this hotel before. The session which started with a bbbj by my request was ok, but she was not too much into it. She did everything I asked her, but without too much interest and told me after a while, that she had to leave to get some paperwork from home before 8:00 am. I told her that was fine with me and gave her $ 80.00 and she left, after giving me her cell phone number and the request to call her the next day if I wanted to see her before she went to work. Overall she was ok, but nothing special.

The next evening I called the girl from Night Cat, reached her at 9:00 pm and picked her up with a taxi at her place where she was staying and sharing a room with her friend. She was very nicely dressed and I asked her if she had interest in dinner, which she said yes thanks of course. We asked our taxi driver who recommended Norton’s Steakhouse, but there where only 4 people in the whole big place and we did not feel like eating there. So we asked him to take us to my hotel where we had a very nice almost romantic dinner. Afterwards we went up to my room and she was very tired from the travel. She told me that she just arrived this evening at 6 pm from a 5 hr bus ride and she would like to rest a bit. I said no problem and we went to bed holding each other. This did not last too long and she started to respond to my caressing and our session started very slowly with a lot of slow nice moves and growing interest from her side, despite being really tired from 3 long days on the road. We had a great session which was repeated early in the morning before we both got up and took a shower. She was a real nice companion and I paid her $ 120 as she asked me on Saturday for all night, plus I tipped her since she was not faking her caressing and emotions. We had breakfast together and she went in a taxi to the airport with me. A real girlfriend experience and we both were sad when I had to enter the secure section where they only allowed ticketed passengers. I will definitely stay in touch with her.

Summary: If you treat the girls nicely they will definitely respond. Don’t haggle over prices they are very reasonable and most girls provide you good honest company. And as the earlier report said the best looking girls do not always make the best partners or companions.

[Mr Jetsetter]

I am curious about why there are so few posts on this Quito board -- nothing since March! If it weren't for ezy's post, it would be a complete disaster. Is Quito an unworthy destination for mongering? Could someone in-the-know perhaps provide a more recent update of the Quito scene? Any additional info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Murilloa]

I'll be brief, because I have no information to add. But having read the Quito post from ezy, I just want to congratulate him. This is the kind of detailed informative post which every traveller needs to read before setting out to a new destination. I have tried to do the same in my Lisbon reports: there's not much dialogue around on the Lisbon board (ditto Quito) but it's worth the effort if just one colleague comes into town and gets what he likes.

Quito was a place I enjoyed twice - 1989 and 1992 - but so much time got wasted on hit-and-miss exploration. With ezy's post in hand I would have had even more fun.

Espero tener la buena suerte de poder volver a Quito en un futuro no muy lejano.

And that goes for Buenos Aires, Santiago and Cali, too.
Meanwhile congratulations ezy.

[CheapYngHoLuver]

For anyone who has stayed here for a length of time.

Was wondering if you chose to stay in a place like this for six months and led a moderate lifestyle how much would you spend a month? If you stay a long time and have some good things in a rented place is crime or your safety a problem?

[Ace00]

The US Dollar is now the official currency of Ecuador. Has been for about two years or so. The coins however are local but in the same size and value as the US, more or less, as I recall. It would be interesting to bring some coins home and use them in parking meters.

[Johan007]

Nibu,

any info on the scene in Quito???? as there is a small change that I am also going to Ecuador in 2003 february).
Maybe I will fly first to Colombia and if I don't get what I am looking for I will fly to Ecuador.

What is the scoop on Quito??? Save?? Clean cheap GF Hotels???
Is it true that teh US dollar is officialy currency in Ecuador?

regards,
Johan.