My Top Ecuador Travel Spots (after 2 years in the country)
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- Ecuador is one of the best place to travel in the world. With mountains, ocean, and jungle it has so much to offer. I've been living and traveling Ecuador for the past 2 years, and I've put together my list of the best places to travel in Ecuador. From high up in the Andes mountains, to deep into the Amazon, to the beaches of the Pacific ocean - you'll love Ecuador.
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You'll find the best traditional dishes that you can't miss while in Ecuador. I recommend burger joints, pizza places, authentic Chinese food, Vietnamese food, bakeries, ice cream shops, chocolate, coffee, breakfast, brunch, lunch, and more!
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Just wanted to say you look young and healthy! Thanks for the great Ecuador overview.
I just got back from my Ecuador trip. Drove all around the country with my mountainbike. Cuenca to Cajas to Quito, Banos and Tena and Misahualli, Quito , Cotopaxi, and Galapagos, Santa Cruz, and Isabela. Amazing country and I loved the mountain biking and fresh food.
That's quite the trip. What place did you like best?
@@itchyfeetonthecheap Hmm, Galapagos and riding Cotopaxi were pretty amazing.
Wow how did you do that? Well, I know some people that are into that, however it never ceases to amaze me , you know, the roads are long and mountains high!
Did you do ¨camino del Inca Capa ñan¨ (Inca´s trail coastal branch) from the province of Cañar to Naranjal in Guayas? I´d love to walk and run over there
@@lephilosopheinconnu3952 No, I did not make it there.
Will be there next week. Thanks. A lot of great places to see. Appreciate it so much.
Great video and lots of excellent information. Oh and Go Jays Go !!
I really like Baños too. I had only planned on staying two nights but extended my stay. If anyone has been to Gatlinburg, Tennesse, it kind of gives off that vibe.
Thank you for visiting my country, I hope your stay is the best
I cannot thank you enough for how you have contributed to our country.
Without trying to sound cliché ... If I were the minister of culture, (or at least had enough money) I would invest entirely in you.
I know you left a lot of things to do on your Ecuador bucket list, but I bet you'll be back one day, so don't worry.
You, Sara and Ecuador made a perfect match.
I really hope that one day you will be able to communicate fluently in Spanish to get closer to (blend in with) the culture, history, politics and social background.
The Ecuadorian people are a treasure within a treasure, and I would venture to say that you didn't get as much out of that connection. (At least as much as I expected, obviously based on what I saw in your videos.)
Apart from everything said ... You are both exceptional people, in each video you make me wish to be your friend, but I know that it is something that many people easily relate to that feeling. Keep enjoying life the way you have been.
More than a fan, I feel like a friend that you may never know. At least now you can say that you have an Ecuadorian friend :).
Ryan, I am deeply aware of your creativity and intelligence, and of your ability to take any project as big and as far as you want, because you are a pioneer and visionary. Get more out of that blessings.
Finally, for nothing more than to give you more time to prepare your next creation ... I will finish this message.
But seriously, thank you. That is what I can invest in you with right now, I know you will use it wisely. Sara, I love your vibe, keep it up.
Salud por Ecuador
Aww. What a sweet message. Thank you.
Ecuador has been amazing. The people I have made a connection with are all incredibly nice. I've had people go out of their way to help me so many times. Of course, the pandemic has been difficult here. It's been so frustrating to not have all the events and social outings that we would have without it. I think we will be back one day. I hope so.
The waterfall in Banos is a MUST. I will never be able to visit another waterfall after this one. Breathtaking beauty.
I love Papallarchta!!! It was one of my favorite spots in Ecuador and that spa is worth it!
Ecuador looks very nice 💕✨
My husband is from Ecuador and I’m excited to see what early retirement feels like there.
Dig your style bro, biting on that. Great video!
Excellent ! Thank you.
$11 shoeshine man re-appears!!!.... Stunning videos of your great trips. Keep it up!
You've done a fantastic job covering some of the hidden gems
thank you for bringing to the world the most beautiful of my country
Discovered your channel this week. Thanks for the tips! Coming to Ecuador next april :)
Thanks for the summary of places you saw but didn’t get to document. This has been a great channel and I truly enjoy your style!!!
me tooooo. jw
Wow, a ton of information. Thanks so much. We are planning a beach trip vacation this fall to San Clemente, Conoa, and Esmeraldas. Equador looks so beautiful and the people seem really happy.
Great country, great destinations, great editing, great video.
WOW... I just stumbled upon your Channel. I have to say one of the best compressed travel info vids I've seen on CZcams. I've been researching Ecuador for about a year now, planning heading there this November. I will definitely be checking out your other Ecuador vids. Thank you so much!! Great info sharing really appreciate it!! Muchísimo gracias, bien hecho!!! ...Mucha suerte!!
Found your channel because we're heading to Ecuador next month, including a lodge in the Amazon and a stay in the Galapagos!. So excited! Thanks for all the helpful information.
nice places bro thanks
Just got back from Cuenca last week. My father got a place there so I'll be back soon. Thanks for the tips! Cajas outside of Cuenca was really nice for hiking.
Thanks for this video! Lots of interesting places to see!
I'm really happy that you enjoyed Ecuador!! If you come to Ambato or Baños, let me know!!
Very informative, easy going video without the crazy music, etc.. Thank you!
I am planning on taking my wife and daughter there this summer. My grandfather was an engineer on the Andes Coaster and was born in Ambato and raised in Guayaquil. I just learned of my ancestry and want to see the land that he was raised on. Thank you for all of your videos.
Wow, that's really cool. The trains don't run anymore but there are some cool hikes you can do along the tracks.
Great video! I would like to add the most stunning place in the country for me is close to Riobamba. The Altar volcanoe, a snowy collapsed volcanic caldera. Its truly jaw dropping. Also the south of the country around Loja is nice for relaxing and I would like to retire there once I get old enough.
That's for the suggestions. I really wanted to make it out to the Loja area, but we had to cancel those plans cause of covid restrictions. I didn't know about Altar! There are so many 'off the beaten path' places in Ecuador. I need more time!
@@itchyfeetonthecheap yes, Altar is not that famous despite being so stunning, probably because it takes time to get there (2 days). Covid has been a pain in the ass for a lot of people, hope you can enjoy the rest of your time in Ecuador now that covid situation is getting better.
Thank you for visiting my country, I hope your stay is the best
Hello itchy feet , glad you really like Ecuador 🇪🇨the country I was born , hope you enjoy to the max since you are moving to another country love to watch your CZcams channel , keep it up , from one canadian to another , be safe
Oh and your intro outro music is legit. Rip DMX &ODB!
Oh and MCA!
Ryan looks so healthy!!! Awesome video!!!
Heading to Ecuador in a month and this video was a great help in adding some places to my list.
Great information. I’ve been to Ecuador several times. I went there the first few times when I was in the US Army. I was there with other Army and USAF personnel in Lago Agrio. That was in 1993/94. I’ve been back a few more times with my wife, who is from Ecuador (but I didn’t meet her there). We’re going back in June…I haven’t been there since 2008, my wife last went there 2013.
you look great, happy, relaxed! great info!
Too bad you are leaving, was hoping to see more of Ecuador but I guess I will be soon.
Landing in Quito the end of July beginning of August.
We're leaving at the beginning of July cause we heard you're coming. 😉
@@itchyfeetonthecheap hahahahahaha
Thank you !
Great video Dude! Panama Hat looks great on you!
Thank you for this amazing video!!!!
Fantastic video. We visited last Fall - Otavalo, Quito and Cuenca. Love all the additional ideas you are giving me.
I think you look like Johnny Knoxville! Great tips, they'll come in handy for my upcoming trip.
I'll take it.
Very good compressed video.Thanks a lot.Saludos desde puyo.
Great information delivery. Your video makes me excited about my trip for about 45 days starting Feb 5th 2022. Thanks. Going to watch your others.
Sarah “treated” you at the hotel for your birthday!! Lololololol! Loved the silly grin….
I don’t know why on earth you don’t have more viewers!? I love your vids and sense of humor!
This was awesome! I am going to Quito for the month of July. I look forward to exploring some of these places.
Awesomeness
Just found you and love your videos
Thanks for showing in such an awesome way my country.
Museums in Quito are Great!!
Great video! Thank you
You keep it real, man! I watch your Ecuador videos for my possible future travels, but your current travels are definitely in my watch queue also!! Thanks for making your experiences in Ecuador so interesting. I'm thinking of moving there as a retired expat, and your experience adds to my bank of knowledge of what my experience may be. Love your sense of humor and dry wit!
Thank you for such an informative and detailed video! My husband and I are traveling around South America right now and are looking for our next stop after Patagonia. Ecuador came highly recommended to us, and your video just sold me on visiting! I'll be sure to check out your other videos and blog for more info on specific destinations.
I am Ecuadorian and I am planing my next summer vacation to home thank you! for some new suggestions and for sure I am going to check your other videos
Great video 👍🏼
Great vid! Love the format, style, and humor. Easy to watch with a lot of info in a short amount of time.
My wife and 1-year old will be in Ecuador for a month (3 weeks working and 1 week vacationing). Hitting up Quito, Ayampe, Mindo for sure but are deciding between Misahualli and Cuenca (not enough time for both). I know it’s not apples to apples, but where would you recommend based on how our trip is looking like?
I'd say missahuali if you plan to go into the Amazon. The town itself isn't much though.
Man your videos would be 2000% more useful with captions of the locations and restaurants you go to. 😔. I'm left frustrated because I don't know where you are at!
I love your videos. You have me really excited about the food. We are flying into Quito in 2 weeks. We will be spending a few days in Quito before 8 days of mountaineering, then 2 days in Pappallacta. Then we will have a few more days open. You don't even look super old or extra unhealthy.
Super excited to be heading to Quito and Cuenca in a week. Easy to get into Ecuador, but the U.S. is requiring a COVID test for reentry.
If I remember correctly, it doesn't have to be a pcr test. If I'm right about that, you should be able to get a rapid test at the airport before you fly out. Double check that info though.
Panama hats were not only created in Ecuador, but still til this day they are the only authentic "panama hat", there is an special label that tells you if they are original (authentic panama hat) and you can only get that in Ecuador. :) The other ones are "imitation" only, specially those that come from china
Going to miss your enjoyable and informative videos about Ecuador. Are Covid restrictions lightening up? Going there on Thursday.
Just discovered this channel itchy feet! Great choice of places can't wait till i arrive in 2 months. You've eaten in a variety of savory food markets, food stalls, fresh side salads- how did you avoid food poisoning since expats are lectured to watch drinking or washing items in the local tap water? Thanks in advance for clarifying, Thumbs up
I've never had a problem. I wash things in the water and then eat them, brush my teeth with it, but I do filter the water before I drink it. Tourists have told me they got sick after eating raw vegetables, so I think because I haven't lived in North America for 7 years, my stomach has adjusted. When I go back to Canada and eat, I feel bloated and sluggish cause of the food. I think it's all what you're body is used to.
My Ecuadorian friend was told by a doctor to eat grilled intestines as a quick way to ready your stomach to the local bacteria. 🤷♂️
I’m retiring in there in the province of Loja.
That's one area that I really wanted to go to, but we weren't able to make it there. Good luck.
You shot some of this from my friends restaurant/hostel in Midno at el quetzal lmao i'm going to be staying there for sime time at the beginning of 2023
It's a great spot.
good
great video ,some of the places look very rustic and hippie ...... ,Can you give more info on the market that is the biggest in S America and maybe advise me on 3 cities to visit ?
You had me at 5:46, new subscriber. Fantastic informative video. Ecuador on the bucket list.
What are the options for travelling in country? Car rental, motorcycle or scooter rental? Chicken bus, train? Thank you.
Car rental or bus. The train is dead. RIP. Motorbike rentals are not really a thing. There's one place that rents them - Ecuador Freedom.
@@itchyfeetonthecheap Thanks. I'll be researching motorcycle rental for South America. I'd want to make a multi-country trek if possible. By any chance have you done this? I heard it can get sketchy crossing borders with a rented motorcycle.
I haven't but I've heard the same thing. The people at Ecuador Freedom can probably help you. It would probably be cheaper to buy a bike and sell it than renting one though. But there's so much research you'll need to do because you can't always buy a bike in one country and sell it in another. There's gotta be blogs out there from people who have done this.
There’s a excellent series on youtube by a women who travels through many countries in south and central america (including Ecuador) on a motorcycle. She would definitely be a great resource for motorcycle travellers. I believe her mission is to travel the entire continent end to end. I’m think her channel is called “Itchy boots” ? Ioved watching her.
@@jennifergorman7723 Yep, Itchy Boots. Most recently she's travelled through Africa. Not at all down playing what she does but I'm sure she's well capitalized to be able to do what she does. Pretty amazing woman.
are there cheap flights or trains from quito to canoa /coastal areas you mentioned. i love seafood.
Fairly cheap flights can be found. No trains, but buses.
Given the chance to move back to Ecuador would you and would it be coastal since you missed out on the coast?
Yeah, either the coast or the Loja area.
@@itchyfeetonthecheap we are subbed and watching ads 😜. Looking forward to your next journey through your eyes and ears sir.
That large market that you talked about -can one find Alpaca sweaters there? So all the places that you mentioned are there public buses that go to these places🙏
Yes, they have alpaca sweaters. I think you can reach almost all these places by public bus. Some of them you might need to take a short taxi ride at one point.
this is great, but.... at the moment it's raining everywhere, right? I'm here in Ecuador now, wondering where is the best weather at the moment. By best I mean 70s / mid-upper 20s, a little bit of sun. Or is it expected to be raining all year round in places like mindo valley?
Not all year round. I can't predict the weather in Ecuador though. I don't think Ecuador news even reports on it cause it's so unreliable.
How to get around, where to Hired the driver with the car.
Is Guayaquil safe to visit?
Where did you get that amazing pizza?
Hi - I"m from BC Canada - heading your way in March. Will be doing some solo travelling - Is it safe for a lady on her own?? thx janine
I think so, but you'll definitely want to avoid certain parts of cities and don't be out alone at night.
Can I ask you about hiring a car and driver to go from place to place? E.g., a roundtrip from Quito to Otavalo staying 2 nights in Otavalo? Do you know of car services that are reliable and reasonable in cost? Thanks!
I don't have one in particular, but they're are a lot of services out there. Your hotel will be able to help you, or you can try these guys... quirutoa.com/services/rent-a-car-with-driver/
Thanks for review. Are not you afraid of piranhas when you swom?
They said that piranhas attacking humans isn't really a thing. The most dangerous things in those waters are the stingrays that sit on the bottom. If you step on one it could kill you.
@@itchyfeetonthecheap Maybe in Ecuador, in some Venezuelan and Colombian's rivers piranhas can kill you FAST.
6:35 Currently planning and visit and would love to know how to reach her/find a guide like her!
Contact Rondador Cotopaxi. It's a guesthouse. I believe her family owns it.
What is the best way to get around?
Bus, or hire a car.
Since you "know Quito pretty well"... what would be a place to find foreigners hanging out? maybe a place where you mainly use English? do you know any place like that?. 🤔I'd like to know, 'cuz I do live in Quito.
Maybe 'the secret garden' or the bar across the street 'la oficina'.
Is Marijuana legal?
No, but it's easy to find, super cheap (they say the cheapest in the world), and it's decriminalized.
Hello can you give same information about same rules with bringing money with you There is any restrictions or penalty if you enter or living the country with money
There's a 5% charge on any money over $1000 that you leave the country with.
You missed the South, Loja and vilcabamba
I know. If it wasn't for covid we would have made it down there, but Ecuador kept changing the rules, curfews, and such.
@@itchyfeetonthecheap well, you have inspired my son, living in Canada, to want to come for a trip and visit. He's planning next year, and I'll get to see him so I owe you 😁. Many thanks
hi hehe bro, really i like your video but i think that if you not visited the yasuní so you dont knowed ecuador
I love your vids! Just saw you got robbed! That's shitty AF!
You should be (are) a professional tour guide.
You missed loja!
I know. It pains me to say that I didn't get to go there. It's far from Quito and there just wasn't enough time because of the pandemic.
@@itchyfeetonthecheap there will always be opportunities in the future! Vilcabamba was the one place that really made me think about moving there when I’m retired
What do people do for income if in Ecuador 2 years???? everything has cost nothing free but looking to live permanently in Cuenca or Manta Ecuador
Teach, work online... Most people are retired though.
12:23 Brah
"Big Ass Church"
There’s indigenous markets in Bolivia that are 10 times (if not more) the size of that plaza in Otavalo. Also how comes you struggle to pronounce all these places, even though you claim to have been living in Ecuador for 2 years?
Hahaha !
IT IS PRONOUNCED O*TA*VA'*LO WITH THE 'A' SOUNDING LIKE A SHORT 'O'.
You are so funny, you do not look old, terrible and unhealthy. :P That person is jealous.
12:23 LMAO
I find Ecuador a very grey and ordinary place
Who's body did you splice your head on in the bathroom shot at 12:22 in the video?? It seems really out of character....ha! Can I get a buff bdy like that I move to Ecuador?
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i LEFT too much info. So deleted it, after watching your awful experience being robbed by gun point. Oh dear. Still coming though.
I wonder what you can not do in the US that you can do in Ecuador. Hiking, canoeing, churches, beach, mountains, old cities, food. All can be done in the US. Of course the Galapagos islands is a different story. But hot humid weather of the rain forest unless you are a botanist, but other than that. I don't see why go there.
The thing is that he is just talking about his experience, only what he did or what he liked there but there are more activities to do
One of the issues I have with Ecuador is the Catholic religion inflitrating every aspect of people's lives. The lies these priest vocalize to the population is disgusting.
Another issue I have with Ecuador is the abysmal school system, specially in the rural areas. the 1% of the owners do not want an educated population and bribe government officials to eliminate quality education. Corruption in Ecuador is no different than that of Mexico, however, being a smaller country, the impact of official misconduct affects every living Ecuadorian. To obtain any type of document one has to bribe everyone. I used to work for a company that wanted to open a branch in Ecudaor in the Guayas province. The amount of bribes and whom they had to be paid, finally was the straw that my bosses decided to abandon the project. The project would have employed about 2,000 Ecuadorians with a living wage, yet the corrupt officials pracitcally derailed the program.
The last thing I want to write is please do not go to the Galapagos Island. Tourism has destroyed the ecology. Please do not go there, I know there are restrictions on how to behave in the Galapagos, and that is because tourist have destroyed the natural resources of the Galapagos.