Just north of Quito stands a grand and glowing tribute to one of Ecuador’s proudest features: the Equator. The problem is, it was built in the wrong place. Alastair Bland. January 30, 2013.

Quito Ecuador: In The Andes, On The Equator & Truly Scenic, Historic, Artsy. ByLea Lane. Follow Author. ... Beyond architecture, here are my 10 off-the-top reasons to visit Quito, ...

Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous ...

Ecuador and Colombia offer a great mine for Indian archaeologists, where the gaps between Mexican and Peruvian culture may be filled from a past having an independent civilization while partaking ...

Not far from Ecuador’s capital, tourists flock to a line etched in the ground and straddle it so they’ve got one foot on either side of the equator. A 100 foot obelisk marks the spot. N… ...

BBC Mundo's Matias Zibell goes in search of the equator in Ecuador, but the task proves much more difficult than he expected.

Ecuador's highlands have a dozen peaks that rise above 16,000 feet, giving the Nevada-sized country a cluster of glacier-clad volcanoes that rival the Cascades in grandeur.

Equator, Machu Picchu and more on trip to Ecuador, Peru. ... laughed as our guide explained that guinea pigs are considered a good source of protein and were never kept as pets in Ecuador.

Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous equator wasn’t the most eagerly-anticipated moment on my bucket list trip. There were giant tortoises to meet, cloud forests to climb and Indigenous markets to ...