Ecuador
Ecuador is the size of the UK, yet pack in coast, Andes and Amazon. In 2007, I spent a month volunteering in a community in the coastal Choco rainforest, discovering a culture that has powerful links to Africa despite having been in South America for centuries.
In 2008-9 I returned to Ecuador to work with the Ministry of the Environment. I met Quichua communities, trekked to crater lakes, explored the colonial cities and travelled to the flooded forest of the Amazon, looking for anacondas and singing monkeys.
In 2008-9 I returned to Ecuador to work with the Ministry of the Environment. I met Quichua communities, trekked to crater lakes, explored the colonial cities and travelled to the flooded forest of the Amazon, looking for anacondas and singing monkeys.