Beautiful things from Ecuador A scrapbook of the cool things of my country: Ecuador. Maybe you see this collection and decide to travel to Ecuador
The World Factbook: Ecuador
see what the CIA has to say about Ecuador February 1st, 2009 / Tags: ecuador, links, facts / Trackback
another photo of the Quilotoa
October 17th, 2008
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What's the Quilotoa
Quilotoa is some kind of lake, but it's not any kind of lake. It is inside a volcano. That's one thing you won't see everywhere, but Ecuador's got such a place. That's one more reason to love this country, full of so many natural wonders, isn't it? The Quilotoa is a water-filled caldera and the westernmost volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. The 3 kilometres wide caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash throughout the northern Andes. more info about the Quilotoa at the wikipedia October 17th, 2008 / Tags: volcanoes, lakes, ecuador / Trackback
Ecuador is full of amazing natural wonders. One of them is the Quilotoa. It has to be a magical place (I've never got the chance to go visit that place, but it's in my list of things to do, so I hope I can go, probably in the first months of next year).
October 17th, 2008
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Ocho y medio
Ocho y medio (eight and a half) is one of the coolest movie theaters in Quito. It's actually pretty small, but it's the best place to go watch independent movies, ecuadorian and latinamerican movies, documentaries, and quite a lot of cool cultural events. I think there's one in Quito, and one in Guayaquil.It's one of the places I always go to when I have some free time (I live in Quito). July 31st, 2008 / Tags: places, quito, guayaquil, links, movies / Trackback
Quito hotspots
a map of Quito, and the places you might enjoy June 19th, 2008 / Tags: links, map, quito / Trackback
Photo by yobosayo
One of my favorites snacks from Ecuador are the delicious bizcochos (pictured above). They are simple, but tasty biscuits made of wheat flour, sugar, margarine, yeast and a bit of salt.
If you're in Ecuador, and you want to try this wonderful bizcochos, there's one and only one place where you must go and eat them: Cayambe. And if you're there, don't forget to eat them with queso de hoja (string cheese), which is the other must-eat thing over there. I promise you, you won't regret it, and you'll get addicted to them. You'll probably go back home with lots of paper bags filled with bizcochos (oh, and you'll see how greasy they are, because of all the grease stains on those bags).
I just can't describe how good these little things really are, but if you want a little bit more information about the bizcochos of Cayambe, check out this links: a little bit of history about the bizcochos, a personal experience, a bit more about its tradition (and a recipe), and a firm that specializes in baking bizcochos
I got hungry
June 19th, 2008 / Tags: bizcochos, food, ecuador, cayambe / TrackbackQuito's weather
- He: It rained today
- She: Yeah, I noticed.
- He: Yeah, but it rained for 5 minutes and now it's sunny again
- She: That's Quito
There are only two real seasons in Ecuador - the rainy season and the dry season - but there are significant variations among the geographical regions, and temperature is often a factor of altitude. Even during the rainy season, most days are sunny until the afternoon.
— Lonely Planet - Ecuador Travel Guide
June 15th, 2008
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