Ecuador - the last word

Despite being much smaller than its neighbours, Ecuador offers so much as a tourist destination. On our last day in Ecuador we saw a video neatly splitting the country into four areas: the Amazon, the Andes, the coast and of course the Galapagos. In our 3.5 weeks we only really experienced 2 of these, with the coast and Amazon remaining on our to do list for the future.


Obviously, the highlight was the Galapagos Islands, but we also felt there was more we'd like to have seen and done through the Andes. We share a similar sentiment for Ecuador as for Colombia. 


The people are friendly, there's a lot to experience and best of all, when you're away for a while, it's really cheap on the mainland.


We entered Ecuador without really knowing what to expect, which almost seems unfair given the amazing time we had.


Beer: Pilsener is the main brand, with Club being the premium option. Both are available in big bottles and are very affordable, often more so than other drinks. One thing we noticed here was more foreign brands. Corona, Brahma and Heineken were all readily available, but for far more than UK prices.

Local beers.