Table of Contents

List of Maps. 1 The Best of Ecuador. 2 Planning Your Trip to Ecuador. 3 Suggested Ecuador Itineraries. 4 The Active Vacation Planner. 5 Quito. 6 The Northern Sierra. 7 The Central 7 al Sierra. 8 Cuenca & the Southern Sierra. 9 Guayaquil & the Southern Coast. 10 Northern Pacific Coast & Lowlands. 11 El Oriente. 12 The Galapagos Islands. Appendix A: Ecuador in Depth. Appendix B: Glossary of Spanish Terms & Phrases. Appendix C: Ecuadorian Wildlife. Index.

About the Author

Eliot Greenspan is a poet, journalist, musician, and travel writer who took his backpack and typewriter the length of Mesoamerica before settling in Costa Rica in 1992. Since then, he has worked steadily as a travel writer, freelance journalist, and translator, and has continued his travels in the region. He is the author of Frommer's Belize, Costa Rica For Dummies, Frommer's Cuba, Frommer's Guatemala, and The Tico Times Restaurant Guide to Costa Rica, as well as the chapter on Venezuela in Frommer's South America.