This Ecuador motorcycle day starts in Quito and rides out to Otavalo for the largest indigenous market in South America, then ...
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Crossing the Equator in Ecuador: Epic Adventure

Join us as we reach the equator line in Ecuador! Experience the excitement of standing on the world’s midpoint, explore local culture, and witness breathtaking landscapes along the way. Perfect for ...
Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous markets to ...
I had planned to travel to Africa this week to climb Kilimanjaro, highest peak on the continent, but I lost my chance when I injured a knee training. So here's a story about some climbs I did in ...
Not far from Ecuador’s capital, tourists flock to a line etched in the ground and straddle it so they’ve got one foot on either side of the equator. A 100 foot obelisk marks the spot. Now, the ...
Sixteen miles north of Quito, Ecuador’s national capital, stands a 98-foot-high stone monument topped by a five-ton brass globe. It’s the centerpiece of Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World ...
Why is Quito, a city that 20 years ago was a pretty-much overlooked South American destination, on so many bucketlists right now? High in the Andes, and built on the foundations of an ancient Inca ...