Ecuador
- Population: 13.4 million (UN, 2005)
- Capital: Quito
- Area: 272,045 sq km (105,037 sq miles)
- Major languages: Spanish, indigenous languages
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 71 years (men), 77 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 US dollar = 100 cents
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Ecuador Travel Guide
From cooing tortoises to sweaty salsa nights, manic surf spots to inner city revival, misty tree-tops to lascivious Latinos – Ecuador is full of surprises. For one of the smallest ...
Across the Andes: the Beginnings of a Long Walk
We are currently in Latacunga, and I don´t quite know where to begin summarizing the last several days. These mountains are more than incredible. For eight days, Deia ...
Sexual Harassment in a Truck in Ecuador
Having woken up several days earlier, on the cold, hard floor of a stranger’s kitchen, with a naked man laying expectantly on top of me, (with me dressed and relatively ...
Backpackers Behind Bars - A Morning In Quito Prison
“Murder, drugs…he´s murder, he´s a gang leader. Drugs, he’s drugs, that guy at the end – he´s off his face now – he was a mule……all the gringos are drugs.”
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Across the Andes: Arrival in Quito
Wow, what an incredible last 48 hours. Deia and I arrived in Quito, Ecuador last night around 8:00pm. It was a long day of traveling with two layovers, ...
Crazy Borders on the Panamericana Highway
Moral of the story: it’s not the brightest idea to leave yourself two days to travel overland from southern Colombia to northern Peru. Departing from the Colombian city of Popayán, ...
Dating Girls & Guys in Ecuador
Ecuadorian Men
Men take pride in their masculinity in this country. Ironically, this involves a lot of emotional heart-on-the-sleeve behaviour. Part of being a Latino man is being emotionally volatile ...
