I sat with Lucía Guzmán, a retired librarian, in the reading room of Quito’s Centro Cultural Metropolitano. The ceilings are high, the light filters through…
Sooner or later, a trip through Ecuador’s Andean highlands puts you in front of a plate that splits opinions wide open: cuy, or guinea pig.…
A misty cloud forest teeming with life in the Ecuadorian Andes. I once stood at the edge of a cloud forest in the Andes and…
Most travelers land in Ecuador with the Galápagos or Quito’s old town fixed in their minds. I came here as a biologist and never really…
Discovering Ecuador’s Secret Shorelines Ask most travelers about the Ecuadorian coast and Montañita gets all the love—surf breaks, neon-lit parties, that whole scene. I get…
Ecuador runs along about 2,200 kilometers of Pacific shoreline, but somehow most visitors squeeze into the same handful of surf towns. Montañita gets the all-night…
Finding the Coast’s Real Rhythm, Far From the Usual Spots Ask someone about Ecuador’s beaches, and Montañita usually comes up first. It’s got the waves,…