Traditional decorations
With their colored skin to the traditional way, the young woman of the red ethnic group of Ecuador contemplates the multitude in a market of Sacred Domingo from the Colorado.
The Rock of the Pinnacle of the Islands Tortoises
A surprising well-known formation as Rock of the Pinnacle rises as a sentry in the end of the tiny island Bartolomé, used by the penguins and the marine turtles of the Tortoises to nest. The wavy land and almost without trees of the Islands Tortoises he/she remembers their volcanic origin. The islands were formed starting from fused lava that he/she originated for ruptures in the marine bottom of the Ocean Pacific along the Flaw of Tortoises. The volcanic activity is frequent in the archipelago and the most recent eruption took place in the island Fernandina at the beginning of 1995.
Volcanic beauty
The clouds surround the snowy pick of Volcano Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world, with 5.897 m. The national Park Cotopaxi receives many anxious visitors to climb its sharp hillsides and to contemplate the spectacular landscape that has made famous to this area. More than 30 volcanic mountains, most of which still continue active, they skirt the central valley of Ecuador.
Ríos from the Cuenca of the Amazons, Oriental region of the Ecuador
The Napo, one of the main rivers of Ecuador, flows toward the east from the Mountain range of you Walk them inside the Cuenca of the Amazons. In the oriental low lands of the country, the rivers cross some of the biggest extensions in tropical pluvisilva of the world. The fluvial ships serve like half of transport in these low lands without to explode inhabited had scattered native population's groups. Thousands of plants and of animal species they prosper in the pluvisilva of Ecuador, but the mahogany and other beautiful wood you talan to a rhythm every bigger time. The search of petroleum also destroys the forest.
Inca ruins of Ingapirca
The circular wall of stone of a structure fortified mark the location of the only significant Inca ruins of Ecuador that you/they are to the northeast of Cuenca. The Inca governed to the indigenous towns of Ecuador during approximately one century, before the arrival of the Spaniards in the third decade of the XVI century.
Hats of Ecuador
Using a hot iron, a young artisan from Cuenca adds the final touches to another hat of straw shawl. The popular markets of Cuenca have fame for their straw articles. This comes from the dry leaves of the bombonaje or straw shawl, similar tree to the palm that grows in the forests along the northwest coast of Ecuador.
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Guayaquil, capital of the county of Guayas, is the biggest and populated city in Ecuador. It is located in the western bank of the river Guayas, to the entrance of the gulf of Guayaquil, an arm of the ocean Pacific.
Temperate climate of the south of Ecuador
A shepherd drives his flock following a highway flanked by cacti near Ring in the southern end of Ecuador, next to the frontier with Peru. In this region the rains are very scarce, but their temperate climate is considered specially healthy. The inhabitants of the area are characterized by their longevity, particularly those of Vilcabamba.
Volcanic elevations of the Chimborazo
The imposing picks of the snowy summits of the volcano Chimborazo 6.310 m reaches. The Chimborazo is one of those more than 30 mountains that form the call Avenue of the Volcanos in the center of Ecuador. A net of railroad lines crosses the abrupt land of this region, constituted by mountain ranges, pluvisilvas and drainage basins. The first of the lines connected I Remove and Guayaquil in 1908.
Sale of textile products, Ecuador
The recent industrial development of Ecuador goes directed to satisfy the feeding necessities, housing and the population's dress. The textile industry has as product it bases the cotton.