Ecuador - A Travel Video
Ecuador will seduce you more than you think. It seems the tiny country has it all with 15,413 ft volcanoes leering out across entire regions, colorful street art decorating every wall, endemic species just waiting to be seen, deliciously cheap street food, and natural beauty unmatched. The three weeks we had planned on spending weren’t nearly enough, so we ended up spending seven uncovering unique things to do in Ecuador.
We enjoyed it so much we came up with 51 unique things to do in Ecuador:
The adventures depicted in this video range from:
Trekking through the Quilotoa Loop:
Reaching the top of Rucu Pichincha:
Exploring The Amazon:
Relaxing in Montanita:
Wandering the streets in Quito:
Adventuring around Cotopaxi:
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Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge, Nanegalito, Ecuador - Best Prices'
Lowest price guarantee! Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge
Located inside a private ecological reserve, Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge offers comfortable rooms, a restaurant and a bar. Full board is provided and outdoor activities such as hiking can be arranged.
Latitude -0.0171661374384992, Longitude -78.6710357666016, zip EC170150, County Ecuador, City Nanegalito, Address Jorge Washington E7-23 y 6 de Diciembre
Quito, Ecuador
First stop in Ecuador. Massive massive city at 3000m altitude - walking around town is a struggle!
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Quito, Ecuador: Round the World in 60 Seconds
Quito is the capital of Ecuador and it definitely shows in the city! But if you travel just a little ways out, you can make it to what Ecuador dubs as the Mitad del Mundo, or Middle of the World! Just travel a little to the north of Quito and you'll be sitting right on the equator and can visit the monument the country had built to honor this special place in the world. Besides visiting the middle of the world, there is a beautiful basilica you can climb to the top of and see a magnificent view of Quito including the famous El Panecillo hill with the huge Virgin of Quito statue sitting atop. And if you want a relaxing day at the park, or to challenge locals at an intense game of Ecuavolley, head to the biggest park in the country - the beautiful Carolina Park!
We spent $65.02 per day in Ecuador for 16 days for a total of $1,040.36! To see the breakdown of our expenses between accommodations, food & drink, local transportation, activities & entertainment, alcohol, living expenses and toiletries, souvenirs and mishaps, click here -
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Lodging Cotacachi Ecuador Hosteria Oro Azul
Hostería Oro Azul, the Best Lodging in Cotacachi, Ecuador. Only 2 hours from Quito City and Quito Airport, the best place to relax and enjoy nature. Cotacachi is famous for its leather products and handcrafts but also known as a peaceful place. Come and discover the paradise on earth, come and fell in Love with Ecuador.
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Termas de Papallacta, Papallacta, Ecuador, HD Review
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Featuring a spa, a restaurant, and a hot spring bath, Termas de Papallacta offers rooms and bungalows with free Wi-Fi in Papallacta. Hiking and horseback riding activities are organized. The commercial area is 40 minutes away by car.
Decorated with wood walls and gabled roofs, rooms at Termas de Papallacta are equipped with wood furnishing. Some of the bungalows have sitting areas with fireplaces.
international dishes can be ordered at the restaurant.
Guests can relax in the thermal and swimming pools. Hiking activities with native guides are organized to explore the unique species of the area. Quito is 1.5 hours away by car.
Termas de Papallacta is a one hour drive from Tumbaco and a two hour drive from Mariscal Sucre airport.
Driving off road in Mountains Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador
Downtown Quito street scenes
Guatemala - On the road to another rural village in the mountains
The roads of the remote mountainous regions of Guatemala are narrow, unimproved and treachorous. Nonetheless, we packed as many of us as we could into a small pick up truck and headed up the mountain to minister to the people who lived in the villages. We nearly lost our lives several times but made it safely up and back.
Day4 (on the road) - talking about Otavaleños on 10 Day Ecuador & Amazon Adventure (May 2014)
Sunday morning (May 25, 2014), at 8:30AM, we were BACK ON THE ROAD aboard the Gate1 tour bus, leaving behind the fantastic lake lodge Cabañas del Lago.
Here you can hear and see our Ecuadorian tour guide, MARCO Clavijo, talking about the famous Otavaleños and their traditional clothing (as our next stop - almost 30 min ride - will be the Artisan/Crafts Market in Otavalo).
In many jobs where a uniform is usually worn, such as in hotels, the Otavaleños are permitted to wear their traditional costume instead. It is said that if an Otavaleño ceases to wear their traditional clothing, they lose rights in the community.
Traditional dress for the Otavaleña WOMEN consists of a long dark skirt with pale underskirt, fastened with a woven belt, and an embroidered white blouse with full, flared lacy sleeves.
The women also wear a cloth binding around their hair. Long hair is tied back with a 3 cm band of woven multicolored material, often matching the band which is wound several times round their waists.
The skirts are actually two separate pieces of cloth with no tailoring at all, simply wrapped around and held in place by the belt. If you look closely you may see tiny, detailed embroidery along the selvedge of the cloth.
The wide belts are woven in detailed and intricate designs with traditional weaving techniques which have been used in Otavalo for centuries.
The traditional white blouses for the women of Otavalo have broad, intricately-embroidered collars and sleeves. Traditionally all the embroidery would be done by hand, though these days some is done by machine.
A hand-embroidered traditional blouse may take a month of work.
The many strings of tiny gold bead necklaces represent grains of maize and signify the woman's importance in the Otavalo community: more beads = higher status in their community.
The beads are not real gold (at least, not since the time of the Conquistadores, who stole huge amounts of gold to take back to Spain). Nowadays, the beads are apparently imported from the Czech Republic (or Venezuela) and then gold plated in Ecuador, so they contain no more than about 8 or 9% gold.
The red bead bracelets are traditionally believed to ward off evil spirits.
Both men and women wear open sandals called ALPARGATA, made from cactus fiber, although wellington boots are also common now.
One Otavaleña admitted that their feet can get chilly in the traditional sandals, to the extent that elderly ladies sometimes shuffle out in warm, sensible slippers instead.
The traditional Otavalo costume of the MEN is white, cropped-length trousers with a dark blue poncho and felt hat.
They wear their long hair braided, just as in the traditional woven pictures.
Otavaleño men also wear alpargata (cactus fiber sandals), though these are usually white.
Fewer men than women seem to wear the traditional costume, allegedly because the keeping the white trousers immaculately clean is such a challenge that they are usually saved for special occasions only.
The best way to find out more about those beautiful, traditional costumes and the people who wear them with such pride is to see for yourself with a visit to Otavalo and its textile/crafts market -- our NEXT STOP during this fabulous trip!