Travel Day -> Ecuador

Ecuador is a country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. Its diverse landscape encompasses Amazon jungle, Andean highlands and the wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands. In the Andean foothills at an elevation of 2,850m, Quito, the capital, is known for its largely intact Spanish colonial center, with decorated 16th- and 17th-century palaces and religious sites, like the ornate Compañía de Jesús Church.

Capital: Quito

Currency: United States Dollar

President: Lenín Moreno

Official language: Spanish

Size: 109,000 sq. mi (a little over 2x's the size of PA)

Current Time: 12:15pm (-1 hours)

Current Temps: 65 degrees, thunderstorms

Flight: round trip, $533 (fly out of Newark, 1 stop in Panama City)

Motto: "God, Homeland and freedom"

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