11 Reasons Ecuador Should Be On Your Travel Bucket List

I didn't go to Ecuador. My friend Krista did — on 11 days' notice, completely alone, because the travel industry had other plans. She went in with zero expectations and came back a self-proclaimed birdwatcher who ate octopus in the Amazon, got a cacao facial in the cloud forest, and nearly became a snake snack on a river bridge. Here's everything she came back saying about why Ecuador needs to be on your list.