sábado, 22 de mayo de 2010

The land of a thousand and one charms, ECUADOR




Knowing Ecuador, while visiting several regions and diverse ecosystems on Earth, such as Galapagos, coast, the Andes and the Amazon that have different cultures and especially the people who live on it are very kind and generous.



The following images show different parts of Ecuador

Quito


The metropolitan district and the capital of the Republic of Ecuador, is among the contemporary and colonial.
It's one of those rare cities where the colonial shades contrasted with the modern buildings of today. A place that keeps the mysteries of an ancient history, the magnificent heritage of the meeting of two worlds and the secrets of the culture of miscegenation. It has the largest historic center and best preserved in Latin America

Half of the world





It is called the Equatorial Monument because the square-pyramidal shape with four monoliths in the corners, this is the geographical address of the four cardinal points, and one is located on the equator in degrees zero minutes, zero seconds latitude and zero.


This line passes through several countries and continents, but there is only a single country that takes its name Republic of Ecuador.

Guayaquil




Surrounded by stretches of sea and hills, natural beauty and tropical dry forest make it one of the world's best destinations for ecotourism, especially for birdwatchers.


Within the same city, in parks, gardens, especially on the Waterfront, on the banks of the River, you can observe more than 150 varieties of birds, many of them endemic, that is unique in the world.