Photo gallery and Travelogue
Part 1: General
Chapter 1: Voy a Ecuador!
Chapter 2: Ecuador, on the Equator: Summary post
Chapter 3: A tourist guide to public transportation in Quito
Ecuadorean Food
Part 2: Quito
Chapter 1: Why is Quito a UNESCO World Heritage city?
Chapter 2: Time travel in Quito
Chapter 3: Bird’s eye view of Quito
Chapter 4: Independence Square: Ecuador’s centre of power
Chapter 5: La Mariscal aka Gringo land
Part 3: Otavalo and the northern Andes
Chapter 1: Ecuador’s Andean North
Chapter 2: The line that split the Earth
Chapter 3: Stumbling across Bizcochos of Cayambe
Chapter 4: Tale of two lovers: a tree and a lake
Chapter 5: Hitchchiking to laguna Cuicocha, the guinea pig lake
Chapter 6: Shopping for leather in Cotacachi
Chapter 7: Three lakes emerge as two volcanoes die
Chapter 8: Hiking to Fuya Fuya
Chapter 9: Dear diary: I don’t want to be here
Part 4: Latacunga
Chapter 1: Under the shadow of a volcano
Chapter 2: Cotopaxi volcano’s south face
Part 5: Baños
Chapter 1: Baños for tourists
Chapter 2: Hiking in Baños
Chapter 3: Ruta de las Cascadas
Chapter 4: Finding the perfect glass of sugarcane juice
Part 6: Quilotoa Loop
Chapter 1: There is always a bus in Ecuador
Chapter 2: Village hopping in the Quilotoa loop
Chapter 3: Hiking from Isinlivi to Chugchilan and Quilotoa
Chapter 4: Laguna Quilotoa
Part 7: Cuenca
Chapter 1: Cuenca’s Historic downtown
Chapter 2: Church hopping in Cuenca
Part 8: Guayaquil
Chapter 1: Iguanas of Guayaquil
Chapter 2: A tale of two cities
Chapter 3: Malecón 2000 the waterfront promenade
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