The owner of our Riobomba accommodation told us he had organized a taxi and then for whatever reason he decided, for the same price, to drive us himself.
Then he lead us to his favorite place in Quito and we had a wonderful meal. All our previous taxi drivers both in towns and for the long runs only spoke Spanish so although it was fun for me, not so fun for Merlyn. This guy, a Brit married to an Ecuadorian woman, was obviously a full on English speaker and full of experiences and stories of Ecuador.
mc.