Today I visited the Jardín Botánico in Parque La Carolina. Parque La Carolina is a large park north of La Mariscal. On weekends it fills with families who come for the paddleboats (there is an artificial lake complete with island in the centre of the park), football and volleyball games and to exercise along the bike paths. the Jardín Botánico is the park’s newest attraction and contains more than 300 plants and tree species from around Ecuador. It also has an outstanding orquideario (orchid greenhouse) which I couldn’t visit as it is closed for maintenance work at the moment. Apparently it contains nearly 1000 orchid species. It was much smaller than I thought it would be but still interesting to see the different areas. I’m hoping that the orquideario will be open in September so that I can visit it.
I then wandered around the park, it really is huge and has everything you need for a family day out. Unlike British and European parks, it hasn’t really been landscaped. There are some trees, including palm trees of course, but no flower beds or shrubs. There are lots of benches to sit on and watch the world go by.
I then wandered back to La Mariscal and, at long last, uploaded some photographs to my blog. I hope you like them. I also planned what I want to do with my last two weekends in Quito. Next Sunday I am going on a day trip to Parque Nacional Cotopaxi.
A relaxing and enjoyable Sunday! I was feeling quite low and alone at the start of the day but have perked up now and am busily planning what I still want to see in Quito.
Lx
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