Ecuador Travel Stories Articles

If These Walls Could Talk: Iglesia de San Francisco, Witness to History - Quito, Ecuador
Amy Robertson wonders what s

My Life on a Bus - Machala, Ecuador
Rebecca Lorimer sometimes feels as though she's living her entire Ecuadorian life on a bus - a big, blue, dusty, reggeaton-blaring bus.

If Only all Thieves Were This Stupid! - Quito, Ecuador
When you hear about the travel horror stories you panic and try to ignore them and think it won't happen to you, and when it does, it happens so quick that you're not sure if it did.

Specialty of the House - Ecuador
Conor Grennan represses his memories of his sister's guinea pig and opens his mouth for cuy.

Lost in Translation - Quito, Ecuador
Conor Grennan knew Ecuador was going to be a bit of a challenge when he started barking out various combinations of the four Spanish words that he knew like a disturbed parrot.

My Travels with Andre - Ecuador
Jarrett Bellini disc

Message in a Barrel - Postcard # 1: Quito - Quito, Ecuador
Postcard #1 reaches its destination in Quito amid political turmoil.

The Morning Glory - Ecuador
Ugly at first, Ecuador opens up to Rachel Applefield like a morning glory flower.

Mas Despacio! - Ecuador
Kari Frizzle k

Ecuador by Bus - Ecuador

An Evolutionary Experience - Galápagos, Ecuador
The islands that inspired Charles Darwin's theory

South American Bus Veteran - Ecuador
Justin Rydberg considered himself a veteran South

Slow Train to Market - Ecuador
It's not often Richard Remsberg is up before the s

Cajamarca, Peru to Quito, Ecuador (October 2003) - Peru and Ecuador
The people are generally friendly in Ecuador, with the notable exceptions of the man who leaned out of the window of a passing truck and punched Alastair Humphreys in the head, and the man who looked

5: The Booby Dance... - Diary of a Single Girl - Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
It's hard to stay out of the gutter, when you need a ladder to climb from the street to the curb, and a rowboat to reach the hotel's front door. And all Maria did was cross the Equator into Costa Rica

4: Peter Was Sharing His Dinner with the Fishes - Diary of a Single Girl - Galapagos Island, Ecuador
Ria hopes she brought enough clothes for her 3-hour tour, when the weather in the Galapagos Islands starts to turn as stormy as Gilligan's Island.

4b: Peter Was Sharing His Dinner with the Fishes - Diary of a Single Girl - Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Take notes, boys and girls. Ria's playing Darwin and Dr. Ruth as she studies mating on the Galapagos Islands.

Blow-outs, Buses and Booze - Peru to Ecuador
Andrew Bruton reckons if you travel in South Ameri

Quito: Blood, Guts and Pigeon-Shit-Splattered Peaks - Quito, Ecuador
Quito, like other colonial cities in Latin America

Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #17: We Swam with Sharks, Sea Lions, Penguins & Iguanas in the Galapagos - Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Wee-Cheng is the only creature that didn't come to the Galapagos by accident. The gay tortoise is another matter.