The white city of Ecuador and the capital of the Imbabura province lies some three hours north of Quito. A sleepy colonial city Ibarra is lined with whitewashed buildings and pretty plazas. However, for anyone choosing to go to this much visited northern city the true attraction lies in the spectacular lakes and mountain retreats surrounding the town. The surrounding lagoons and volcanoes are equally popular amongst Ecuadorians looking for a retreat from urban living ...

Ecuadorian minister of Economy, Ricardo Patiņo, has informed that the audit commission that it will analyse the Ecuadorian debt with economic technicians from Ecuador, England, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Peru, among others.

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Palo frontman Pau Done wanted to be consistent publishing his previous album Un
Metro Cuadrado 1m2. "People should be able come to us just like they can
to a painting by Picasso or a movie by Almodovar, knowing beforehand what to
expect," he explained to his fans just a few years ago. But there's a fine
line between consistency and redundancy, and much of Un Metro Cuadrado fell
disappointingly in the latter camp. And he has accomplished the same ...

Ecuadorean tennis player Nicolas Lapentti goes to the second round after defeating the Austrian Alexander Peya by 6-1, 6-4, 2-1. Peya was forced to retire after suffering serious digestion problems through out the second and third set.


The Ecuadorean hope in tennis since many years was positive about his performance: "Winning the first round has given me more confidence, because I had a lot of doubts about this tournament, where the physical aspect is very important". ...

To many of you reading this and learning Spanish, you will have had the classic squinting eyes look.

I'm fairly confident in my ability now. I've been speaking for over a year and have done numerous interviews in this language, so when someone looks at me as if I had just told them I was planning to fly to the moon next week I get really cross.

Went dancing with Colleen at Club Caliente last night. We went early to take in the dance lesson. Last night was merengue. Colleen and I learned some latin dances while in cuba in April, but missed out on the merengue lessons. you could tell. By the end of the hour we had the basic turns down but not much else. haha oh well. it was alot of fun if nothing else. stayed til the ...

Minister of Defence, Lorena Escudero, has proposed major constitutional changes to the National Advice Commission on the issue of human rights.

According to Escudero, the Ministry of defence has a duty to look for changes to consolidate the democratic system, including the invigoration of human rights and the respect and promotion of social laws and liberties.

It’s not every day that you get to see a two-time Latin Grammy award winning band playing in a bull ring but as the words “Puto” reverberated around the Plaza de Torres in Quito and the surrounding area it was clear that Molotov had arrived. Since their conception in 1995, in Mexico, the band has been anything but mainstream. Their aggressive politically inspired lyrics have opened them up as the band of choice for a ...

Moving Ecuador was launched on the 25th of February 2007. We are
proud to present our website to the public and offer the best
volunteering services and responsible travel ideas for Ecuador
currently presented on the web.


Of course there is still a lot of work to be done on the website, but we are up and running.


This is what we do:


Offer you our Moving Ecuador Travel Guide and giving you insight in alternative, responsible traveldestinations in Ecuador;
Work together ...

Moving Ecuador was launched on the 25th of February 2007. We are proud to present our website to the public and offer the best volunteering services and responsible travel ideas for Ecuador currently presented on the web.


Of course there is still a lot of work to be done on the website, but we are up and running.


This is what we do:


Offer you our Moving Ecuador Travel Guide and giving you insight in alternative, responsible traveldestinations ...