"Between the slopes of the Volcán Pichincha and a misty valley leading to the Amazon jungle, Quito is scattered like a burst necklace 30km long. It’s early morning and the sun rises the way it will go down tonight - vertically, with alarming speed...."
The Best Travel Writing About Ecuador
In addition to our collection of fabulous hotels - and their equally fabulous reviews - Travel Intelligence is built upon some of the finest travel writing on the web. So, to find a range of travel writing about Ecuador and general Ecuador travel tips, you just need to browse the selection of travel articles below...
Articles about Ecuador
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Quito
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Kapka Kassabova
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Ecuador
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Quito Region
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Quito
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Galapagos Islands
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John Hatt
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Ecuador
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Galapagos Islands
"Before travelling to the Galapagos, I knew that its animals were famously tame; I didn't realize, however, that they are often downright inquisitive. During my first jet-lagged swim, a pelican splashed down by my head, and then kept me company..."
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Hotel Cafe Cultura
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Dominic Hamilton
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Ecuador
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Quito Region
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Quito
"The 26-room hotel occupies a beautiful colonial mansion, replete with three open fires, colourful murals and comfy leather sofas. The building, which once housed the French Cultural Center, is seeped in atmosphere, comfort and style. It's owned and..."
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Abundance and Waste in Manabi
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Kapka Kassabova
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Ecuador
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Manabi
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Tosagua
"‘Agua, aguita! Helados, heladitos!’ cry the food-vendors on the bus. ‘Papas, papitas!’ Ecuadorians love diminutives and use them at every opportunity. There’s nothing diminutive about our bus driver and his assistant, however. They are big boys..."
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Amazon Awakening
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Fiona Dunlop
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Ecuador
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Amazon Basin
"It’s hard to beat a week spent chugging along the Amazon in an open-sided boat, living on fresh fish and oranges, falling asleep in a hammock to the calls of howler monkey and waking to the sounds of the jungle dawn."
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Galapagos Islands
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Tim Elliott
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Ecuador
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Galapagos Islands
"Tourism in the Galapagos Islands has come a long way since Patrick Watkins, an Irishman who found himself washed up on Isla Floreana in 1807. A hardened alcoholic, Watkins lived in a hut for two years, surviving on vegetables and iguana meat, his..."
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Trucking the Gringo-Trail
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Mark Eveleigh
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Ecuador
"We tacked a 3,000-mile zigzag course along the backbone of South America to take in parts of the world’s greatest rainforest, some of its highest volcanoes and wildest beaches. In the course of five weeks we slept in hammocks in an Amazon..."
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Market Mayhem
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Dominic Hamilton
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Ecuador
""Eight? You want eight for it?" "Si, señor, precio muy bueno. Precio especial." "Ten isn't 'especial'! How about two for ten, that's 'especial.'" "Dos por diez? No, no, no, no..." "Come on, ten for two. You're not going to sell anything at..."
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Obituary of Sebastian Snow
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Robin Hanbury-T...
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Ecuador
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Amazon Basin
"Sebastian Snow was the last truly eccentric British explorer. I always thought he should have come to a romantic end, like Tony Last in A Handful of Dust, and on a couple of occasions I suggested ways he might achieve this. Instead he died on..."
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Before You Die: Visit the Galapagos
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Sarah Anderson
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Ecuador
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Galapagos Islands
"Ecuador: Visit the Galapagos, where animals reign supreme and are natural rather than tame, and where it is the human beings who are herded about. Sarah Anderson"
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