ecuador news Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/ecuador-news Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:44:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 ECUADOR http://toursmaps.com/ecuador.html http://toursmaps.com/ecuador.html#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2016 05:33:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=221884 Air departures from the United States to Ecuador totaled only 40,527 in 1981. Still, the country is worth reviewing for students of travel because of the beauty of the capital city, Quito, and because of the natural history packaged in the Galapagos Islands (owned by Ecuador). Quito, at 9,250 feet, takes some altitude adaptation for the arriving traveler. Though a globe-topped monument marking the equator is only fifteen miles north of Quito, the altitude gives the city springlike days and crisp, cool nights. Quito is easily accessible by air from New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles. Ecuador’s port city

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