Monthly Archives: July 2014

Making jewelry by hand has become a growing industry. Many individuals make handmade jewelry of all types. Some of this jewelry is of excellent quality while a great deal of it is inferior. Generally handmade jewelry is made from local … Continue reading →

Ecuador is a South American country bordered by Columbia in the north, Peru in the south and east, and the Pacific Ocean in the west. Ecuador has a land area of 276,840 sq. km. Galapagos Islands also form a part … Continue reading →

Located near Colombia and Peru, Ecuador is an important port city in South America. The country’s capital is Quito, and Guayaquil is the biggest city in Ecuador and home to a major sea shipping port; the Port of Guayaquil. Other shipping … Continue reading →

Quito Ecuador is the highest capital in the world at 9350 feet. Quito is filled with history and culture and offers places to see and things to do that are unlike any place in the world. Here are just a … Continue reading →

The more traveling you do, the more you’ll develop your travel style. How you travel really makes a lot of difference in terms of your experiences in a country. Apart from Guayaquil, Loja, Otavalo, San Pablo and Quito, we spent … Continue reading →

Ecuador is off the typical tourist track but still presents multiple vacation options. The Pacific Coast provides relaxing beaches while the Amazon allows for combining ecotourism with active sports from hikes to whitewater rafting/kayaking in Tena. Lastly, for history buffs, … Continue reading →

I have to admit that initially the idea of traveling to a place called Banos gave me pause. Isn’t one of the very few phrases most of us learn in Spanish “Donde estan los banos?” (Where are the bathrooms). In … Continue reading →

Ecuador is a small Andean country sandwiched in between Peru and Colombia. Colonized by the Spanish empire until 1821, it was subsequently part of Gran Colombia (along with Venezuela, Colombia and Panama) until it became a sovereign state in 1830. … Continue reading →

Ecuador is located in the tropics of South America. The terrain of Ecuador consists of coastal plain, inter-Andean central highlands, and the eastern jungle. The weather is tropical in the Amazonian jungle lowlands and along the coast, becoming cooler inland … Continue reading →

One of the huge benefits of going to the Amazon in both Ecuador and Bolivia is that it costs significantly less than something similar in Peru or Brazil. Tours to Bolivia The jumping off point in Bolivia is Rurrenabaque that … Continue reading →