Has anyone ever traveled to Ecuador?

[Cross127]

Ask Voss345. Shoot hima PM he just went like 2 months ago.

 

[Dan F]

Nice pics. I just went to the info session a couple hours ago. Basically, if I can get student loans to cover the trip (since it is technically for school), I'm going. Otherwise, I can't come close to affording it atm. The trip would be a week in Quito and surrounding areas (including cloud forests and maybe Cotopaxi), an 8 day cruise through the Galapagos Islands, and possibly for an extra fee (that I'm definitely going to pay if I can get a loan for it) a week in the Amazon (I mean if I'm spending $1000 to fly to SA with no plans of going back any time soon, it's worth it). If I can get the money together, I have little doubt this would be the best 3 weeks of my life so far.

Make it happen!

I went for a six-week study-abroad. The one thing I'm sorry I missed was the Galapagos - I couldn't afford the extra $$, so I went to Peru instead.

Thanks for the photo comments, I have a lot more, but no scanner!

 

[andyjs]

Make it happen!

Oh, I'm tryin. At this point, I have about $2500-3000 I can put toward the trip. The total I will need is between $5000 and $5500 (or maybe up to around $7000 if I include the Amazon, which I will if the plan works out). If I can get a loan to cover the rest, I'm going.

 

[andyjs]

Well, it looks like I can get the loan, so I may very well get to go. I'm hoping to get the deposit in to secure my spot tomorrow morning.

 

[Dan F]

Well, it looks like I can get the loan, so I may very well get to go. I'm hoping to get the deposit in to secure my spot tomorrow morning.

Congratulations! When will you be leaving?

 

[Stingray12]

Im a student in highschool, but our spanish club offers a trip to Equador for about two weeks. Im going next year. It will cost around 2,500 from my location.

 

[andyjs]

Congratulations! When will you be leaving?

The actual trip is in June. It's still not 100% certain I will be going, but it looks good.

 

[voss345]

I am looking onto it several years after I graduate. Has anyone ever done this? Recommend this? Costs, etc?


Thanks...

look at my thread dude i lived in ecuador for two weeks over the summer going back next summer and maybe the whole summer the year after that doing some volunteer work
frm what i talked with the locales the goverernment isnt that great

they are on the american dollar system after the peso or ecuadorian dollar crashed along with their economg in the early 90's i believe
what city are you looking into
depends guayaquil is the biggest and poorest
quito is the capital
and cuence is in the andes third largest city near peru at 12000 feet