Ecuador
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Facts about Ecuador
- Currency:
- Sucre
- Language:
- Spanish, Quechua, other Amerindian languages
- Electricity:
- 120 V
- Calling Code:
- +593
- Capital City:
- Quito
- Famous For:
- N/A
Stuff to See and Do
- Biking in Banos
- Climbing in Cotopaxi
- Crazy Once In A Life Time Expirience in Quilotova
- Fish Market in Puerto Lopez
- La Basilica Church in Quito
- Statue Garden in Tulcan
- Taking the Train in Riobamba
- Whale Watching in Puerto Lopez
What to Eat
Restaurants
Morpho Cafe, across from the bus station, makes a delicious coffee pie. It's a delicious crumble crust covered with frozen coffee filing. Other flavors are limon, passion fruit and caramel. The Colombian and Kiwi owners are really sweet people and you'll want to return for dinner--I recommend the shrimp lassagne.
General Advice
Phone And Internet

General availability: High Quality of bandwidth: Medium Frequency of internet in campgrounds: Medium Frequency of internet in hotels: Medium- High Every hostel we stayed in had internet and only one hotel in a small town did not. Internet cafes are so prevalent you’ll get sick of them, but be careful because not all cafes have wifi. One even refused to let us unhook the ethernet cables to use our own laptops. In big towns you’ll be able to plug in a wifi extender and find an open network. But it’s not likely you’ll need to do that, every hostel around offers free wifi. The cost for a SIM card with Movistar was $4.50. Claro cards were advertised for $.50 less. The cost to call the US with Movistar is a whopping $.56 per minute, and about the same with Claro.