In a landmark decision handed down last Friday in Guayquil, President Correa was awarded 40 million dollars in a libel case against Ecuador’s largest daily, El Univeso.The judge also ordered the three heads of the daily, Carlos Eduardo Pérez Barriga, César Enrique Pérez Barriga and Carlos Nicolás Pérez Barriga along with the former editor of the Opinion section and author of the article, Emilio Palacio sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Ecuador is a great place to come year round to learn to surf. The beaches of Canoa offer the perfect place to get wet for the first time, stand up and hang ten off your board….But for those getting into the sport, they might find it a bit daunting to go up against the waves. To this end, Betty Surf Camp was started, to give women seeking adventure travel in a safe place.
I rarely go to museums anymore. Thy tend to put me to sleep. All that walking around and looking at stuff. TV has given us all we need to look at and 86ed the whole walking around thing. But there was one museum I had to take in. And so after a year in Quito I finally got to see the museum of her most celebrated artist, Oswaldo Guayasamin.
Vilcabamba is a small village within the Vilcabamba Valley in southern Ecuador and as famous for its dramatic landscape as for the longevity of its inhabitants. With lush green scenery, a mild year-round climate, and fresh mountain air, it is no wonder that Vilcabamba has been a popular vacation spot for hundreds of years. Once a retreat for Inca royalty, foreigners discovered Vilcabamba in the 1970s after a series of articles was published highlighting the long lives of the locals.
Since then the area has been known as the Valley of Longevity and has turned into one of the most popular destinations in Ecuador. Because most people come to Vilcabamba to relax, the town has managed to keep its Read more
Banos, in my mind, is one the top spot for tourism in Ecuador. There you have so many adventure activities in one spot, you’re guaranteed to overwork your adrenal glands. No other place in Ecuador can you go from Bungee jumping….Banos by bike offers a great way to take in its scenery and stunning vistas and the freedom to go where you want at your own pace.
Puerto López is a small fishing town with a sweeping, horseshoe-shaped beach located along the famous Ruta del Sol in Ecuador. Fishing boats and sunbathers add some color to the yellow sand beach which gives way to small headlands as you head into town. Quiet and unassuming, there is not a whole lot to do in Puerto López itself, but the town makes an ideal base to explore the nearby Parque Nacional Machalilla, Ruta del Sol, as well as watch the migration of Humpback whales through June to September.
Ecuador’s only coastal preserve, Parque Nacional Machalilla, has protected 40,000 hectares of cloud forest and tropical dry forest as well as 20,000 hectares of ocean since 1979. An entrance fee Read more
think it was reported last year that a rumor was circulating that the $200 (and theoretically up to $2000) overstay departure tax was no longer. Well, I have been speaking recently to those who have sweated it out at passport control with over-staid visas and all parties have confirmed that there is no more tax—or at least they never paid a penny.
So I’ll round out our little mini guide to Ecuador’s second city with my top three tourist attractions. Like I said before, Guayaquil is easily passed over because it seems like a humid quagmire of noise and rush-hour traffic. But get beyond the grud and you’ll find a few places worth seeing if you are stuck for a couple of days in transit or sorting out visas.
Guayaquil, if you recall is Ecuador’s commercial hub and home to over 3 million people. It is the southern city and the gateway to Peruvian travel. Most people in the past have quickly made their way through in pursuit of more glamorous destinations in the mountains and the coast. But as more more people are straying on, living and working, there becomes a need for a little guide to places to stay, places to eat and places to drink.
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