Ecuador: What to Know Before You Visit Ecuador

my work emails. I can check out websites and stuff no problem, but if you have kids, you're like, "Oh, we'll just put on Netflix or stream a YouTube video for them that might be a little slow or not work, so just a heads up for that one on." particular". The more rural areas you go, like anywhere in the world. The world is aware of that, but overall I haven't had any problems and in fact have had a better Wi-Fi or Internet connection when using 4G in my phone, compared to many others. Wi-Fi hotspots and stuff, another thing is that if you're a traveler you think, well, I'm just going to stop at the Internet cafe.

There are some, but they are nowhere near

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they were a few years ago, I mean, anywhere. in the world you will have noticed that they have disappeared here, it's pretty much the same so you may want to look for somewhere to phone, they may have an internet cafe or sometimes hotels will have a computer that you can use , but honestly, have your phone or your device so you can connect to Wi-Fi and you'll be fine now. The next thing people will want to

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is how I'm going to get around Ecuador. Well, there are two ways to get around one.

You are going to take buses like most people do or you can take some internal flights. Well, those are your two big options. Now internal flights are really great and they're not very expensive either, so you can do the ones you

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, they cost around 30 minutes to fly from Quito to Cuenca, whereas if you have your own car and there's no traffic, it's about six or seven hours to get there. If you take a bus, it's a little longer, so there are things you might want to look at in the price. for inland flights, instead of wasting a day on a bus, it might be easier to fly to some of these places because the prices we didn't think were that bad, there are like three airlines you might want to choose from.

We are flying with a lot of Tom and it was fine, so we have no problems with that in terms of the buses. If you are in Quito, make sure you arrive at the correct bus station you want to go to when you take the buses. you know a bus is a bus, okay, when you go there, your big backpack will probably go under the bus, so you have to take your other bag with you like, oh, it's like when you're on a plane, you put everything away in your hand luggage, keep it with you, you know, on the bus, be careful on buses when you're there, on public transportation, like anywhere in the world, that's where you know it's easy to steal and catch people. on those to stop so be careful with that but honestly you take the buses they're not that bad just sometimes it takes a while to get places so be patient and that's one of the things when you come. here in

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be patient with things with people waiting for your food or your drinks or on your transportation just be patient come on just relax they are nice it's really good I think that's something I should talk about it's actually the people The people here are super friendly and super kind and they will help you, but one thing you should know is that you need to speak some Spanish.

Well, now the guides here say that tourism is getting very big here in Ecuador, so there are a lot of guys who speak good English and you go to the places, they will have a guide in English, you can ask them, maybe they have to go to Look for them, but they will come and show you around, but honestly, to really enjoy Ecuador, you need to talk a little. Spanish so you can talk to the locals, translate the menus and stuff like that so that's one of the great things about the people here but they are super friendly so it's not really a problem because they will still help you as if they did the work. hand signals and stuff like you would, that's really cool.

The next thing I want to talk about is actually the look of the bathrooms. What you need to know is that when you come here to Ecuador, you have to put your toilet paper and your tampons and all these kinds of things they don't go in the bathroom they go in the basket the trash can that's next to the bathroom I know a lot of people say oh disgusting I wipe my butt and put it there yes you do and that's why when you see the women coming to clean your room you better be nice to them and leave them a little tip or something because they are literally cleaning your poop right now.

The thing is, if you put toilet paper, you might not. If you can suck it up, it could clog up very easily because it doesn't have very good pressure when you're in here, so be careful and the pipes may not be able to handle it, so remember that the toilet paper goes in the basket. Well, since I'm here at the hacienda, I should probably mention the accommodation here in Ecuador, like I said, accommodation is super cheap. When you are here, you can stay in good places at a good price and there are many different options. There are hotels everywhere.

Cities have the usual amenities, you know you have your bed and you know there's maybe Internet and you have your bathroom and things like that. You'll notice that hotels will give you bottled water or they may have jugs of water that are You know you can use it to brush your teeth, you know how to drink, you know for some things because you don't drink tap water, even in hotels, okay, so be careful with it, so it's good to have it for you. What hotels will do is call taxis for you because sometimes getting around cities is easier to take a taxi, but you want to make sure you take a legitimate taxi so it will be much easier for them to call you at the hotel.

When it goes up, you know

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's there, so be careful with that and the funny thing is that on the taxes you'll see that there will be like a little camera and an emergency button and things like that because there were problems with the taxis, you know? Scam tourists and people, so be careful, that's another safety thing I should add: make sure you call the official taxis during the day, it's usually fine, but at night definitely have your hotel call for you or the restaurant it's in, no big deal. I will gladly do it because you remember that people are super friendly.

One of the things that we will recommend if you can stay in a hacienda, which is kind of like the old farmlands, whether it's banana fields or cocoa fields and things like that, they're like huge houses, things that are a huge complex, If you can stay in one of those, it's a really cool experience, but now the thing is that they're outside of where the farms were and stuff like that. You're not in the city so it's not in Quito, you're out of that, but if you can stay in some of these haciendas it's really worth it because you have a lot of space and fresh air and it's really nice so give it a try. to stay in those now for more budget conscious travelers, there are hostels when you're here and if you're going to be, you know, on vouchers and doing adventure tourism or in quito and things like that, there are a lot of hostels in those places if we're going to Other parts of the country, to more rural areas, it might just be a hotel, things like that, it's a little bit harder to find hostels, but the prices aren't a big deal, but if you're budget conscious and you have like two traveling. or three, it's actually probably cheaper to go find a hotel than to have two or three people in a hostel, so just a heads up so another thing to think about is actually the weather when you come here. read online all these different things that Ecuador is eternally spring because it's like the mid 60's and it rains occasionally all the time yes, in the mountains, that's how it is on the coast of the Galapagos it's very hot and again remember that the sun is where your big problem when it comes to the weather, so if you come and you're going to be in the mountainous areas, make sure you have layers so you can put on a sweatshirt when it's cold at night or long sleeve t-shirts just to protect yourself. from sun hats things like that can make a difference and having a jacket or an umbrella because even if you say it won't rain it will rain and when you say it will rain it will rain but it will be like sporadic and stuff like that so be careful with that now.

The last thing I want to talk about is actually the food here and look, when you come here, you have to realize that you are going to eat a lot of banana-based things. You will have a lot of potato-based things, you have a lot of corn-based things, so yes, sometimes you can have popcorn as a side dish. It's okay, there are a lot of different foods when you are here. Empanadas are great for street foods and snacks. but when you sit down and eat there are a lot of stews that are here there are a lot of soups that are here locro which is like a potato soup with cheese it's actually my favorite thing I've ever tried here you'll have you can have a seiko which is more of a stew that I see as a Seiko goat cigar, I think it's like they said it's like a lamb stew or a goat stew, it depends on how they translate it and basically it's like meat and then they pour it in and there's rice on the side and things like that, you'll have those things, but if you want churrasco, if you want a steak with fries and rice, they'll also have it there with eggs on top, although that's really good, yeah.

You will see cui who is a guinea pig and you will see the guinea pigs roasting on a spit. Yes, you can eat that when you're here, that's a traditional thing in the mountains, but the thing is, you also get a lot of fish when you're there. here from the coast to the mountains the ceviche is really good here we had red snapper which last night oh my god it was very good you will have all kinds of really good fish when you are here now for my liquor drinking friends there is con elazo which is , I know I say it a little strange, but it's basically like a hot cinnamon liqueur that you'll drink like in a cup, it's like, oh, if it's cold outside, it's good to warm up, they have two main dishes. beers here you have club and pilsner, those are like your friend is wise to drink beer with your friends, but actually, in certain parts, a lot of craft beers have appeared so you can get craft beer when you are here, since I will call it for that you have that and when you go to the restaurants and you go out to eat, one thing that you will be able to see is that it will say on the menu that it will say look, there is a 12 tax that applies. there and there is a 10 percent service charge, so a lot of times the service is already included, but if they did a good job, usually 5 or 10 percent is not a big deal, I mean the food is very cheap here , you are not going out. anything so give them a little extra money, that's always good if you're at the smaller mom and pop places, they might not put that 10 tip in there anymore, it might not be included so keep in mind careful with that.

One and in terms of tipping, one thing I would say is that you will probably do some guided tours when you are here. Don't forget to tip your guides when you go. It depends on half a day or a full day. trip if they're going to spend the night with you things like that you know it's going to be based on how you tip so you always have the bills with you so you know what you know so you can tip people here and there just to get things done. a little easier for you anyway I hope this helped you know a little more about

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ing Ecuador before you come because you should come and believe me there is a lot more to Ecuador than the Galapagos so the Galapagos are amazing and I know that we need to get there we want to see that because I've seen so many wonderful things but again with those prices I can't afford to take four of us there anyway you have a great time here in Ecuador if you want to learn more five things I love and hate for

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