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New Year’s Eve in Ecuador – Travel Video Ep. 19

By on December 25, 2011 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos We celebrate fun Ecuador traditions on New Year’s Eve in this HD travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Chone, Ecuador during the Holidays.  In travel video episode #19, we join Aracely’s family in her hometown of Chone to experience the chaos that is New Year’s [...]

Cathedrals in South America

Travel Photo of the Day: Basílica del Voto Nacional

By on July 1, 2011 ]

Basilica del Voto National is a church that dominates Old Quito’s skyline.  Its neo-Gothic architecture gives it an almost eerie facade. Visitors can climb all the way to the top of these towers for a truly amazing view of the city below.  At various moments of our ascend we assumed that we could not continue [...]

Crazy Bus Pictures

Photo of the Day: Crazy Bus Picture in Ecuador

By on January 28, 2011 ]
Photo of the Day: Canoa Beach Ecuador

Photo of the Day: Canoa Beach Ecuador

By on September 16, 2010 ]

Canoa Beach on Ecuador’s Pacific Coast is the most underrated beach in Ecuador to Aracely and I. The wide flat sand beach stretches for miles with cliffs in the distance. Huts on the sand provide alcohol and music, while hostels on the street give backpackers a place to sleep and hang. Don’t miss this one!

Photo of the Day: Vincente Leon Plaza in Latacunga

Photo of the Day: Vincente Leon Plaza in Latacunga

By on September 10, 2010 ]

Latacunga is a plateau town of Ecuador, capital of the Cotopaxi Province, 89 km (55 miles) south of Quito. It is 9,055 ft (2,760 m). above sea level. Its climate is cold and windy, due to the neighboring snowclad heights, and the barren, pumice-covered tableland on which it stands. The active volcano Cotopaxi is only [...]

Photo of the Day: Shining Shoes in Ecuador’s Plazas

Photo of the Day: Shining Shoes in Ecuador’s Plazas

By on August 24, 2010 ]

Shining shoes in Ecuador’s cities is a common tradition that is still maintained today. While visiting Plaza de La Independencia in Quito, we appreciated the moment of these two older guys conversing as the shoes were shined. Unfortunately, you will also see young boys and girls shining shoes for money as well. Top List of [...]

Grand Plaza

Ecuador Travel – Top Things To Do in Quito

By on August 23, 2010 ]

Quito is the capital city of Ecuador and stands 2,800 m (9,186 ft) above sea level, making Quito the second-highest capital city in the world behind La Paz in Bolivia.  Its official, less popular name is San Francisco de Quito. Quito is most often visited for it’s proximity to the celebrated middle of the world, [...]

Spanish Architecture

Travel Photo of the Day: Spanish Colonial Building in Quito

By on August 10, 2010 ]

Top List of Things To Do in Quito, Ecuador Throughout much of Central and South America you will find the Spanish conquistador influence in architecture of major cities.  In the capital city of Quito, Ecuador buildings in the Historic Center or El Centro are distinctively Spanish colonial by design.  This particular building stood out with [...]