Tourism in Ecuador’s Amazon is not one thing. It’s a pile of small decisions—where you sleep, who guides you, what you eat, how you move,…
Why Your Pre-Trip Preparation Is an Ethical Act In 2019, I spent two weeks trying to coordinate a visit to a Saraguro weaving cooperative in…
Tourism in Ecuador’s Amazon is not a neutral transaction. When a traveler books a jungle lodge, hires a local guide, or buys a woven shigra…
Tourism in Ecuador’s Amazon is not one thing. It is a pile of choices—where you sleep, who guides you, what you eat, how you get…
Quechua isn’t one language. It’s a family of closely related languages spoken by somewhere between 8 and 10 million people across the Andes, stretching from…
Cotopaxi National Park gets most of the attention when people talk about high-altitude hiking in Ecuador. Fair enough. The volcano is iconic, the refuges are…
Cotopaxi National Park pulls in thousands of trekkers every year, and honestly, it’s easy to see why. That perfect cone, the raw high-altitude páramo, the…