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• The Hot Water Springs of Papallacta

  Papallacta in Ecuador offers therapy, relaxation and adventure. What more could one want in a holiday destination? About 60 km east of Quito on the Quito-Baeza Road, Papallacta is located at an ...

• Help to Build Homes in Ecuador

  The amazing thing about Ecuador is that despite over 90% literacy there is a high degree of unemployment and underemployment. Families often have no regular or adequate source of income which ...

• Mindo – A Well Kept Secret

  A quest for the best in the cloud forests of Ecuador will bring you to Mindo, located on the western slopes of Pichincha. A tiny town about two and a half hours away from Quito, Mindo is ...

• Ecuador’s Exports – Fruit Galore

  Ecuador is the place for anyone who loves fruit. Here are so many varieties you may never even have heard of – each delicious beyond words. The country has so many different altitudes that there ...

• Ecuador – Health Spas Par Excellence

  A trip to Ecuador is incomplete without a stay at one of the superb spas in the country. The rich, fertile soil, biodiversity and pure waters have together encouraged a range of indigenous ...

• The Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve

  A significant portion of Ecuador’s land area has been set aside as parkland, preserves and reserves that do not allow any human exploitation of their copious floral and faunal resources. One of ...

• Giant Tortoises of the Galápagos

  It is said that Ecuador’s greatest treasure is the group of islands off its coast called the Galápagos. Discovered by accident when a Spanish ship making the Panama-Peru run was blown off course ...

• Eloy Alfaro, the Greatest Ecuadorian

  Like many of South America’s fledgling nations, Ecuador in the 19th century sought to find stability amid contesting conservative and liberal forces. In general, periods of harsh conservative ...

• Abdalá Bucaram, "A Crazy Man Who Loves"

  “They call me Crazy Abdalá, but madmen speak from the heart and see with their soul”. So says Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz, and the man has always practiced what he has preached. Just who is this guy, ...

• The Greenback Goes South: Dollarization in Ecuador

  Dollarization is the practice of using a foreign currency, in this case the US dollar, in parallel or instead of a nation’s own currency. The main advantage for a country’s using the dollar is ...