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media type="custom" key="26542064" align="right"ecuador / Ecuador Coast
flickr: [|Manta], [|Rio Muchacho], [|Museo de Bahaia Caraquez], [|Ecuador Coast] editing: [|Ecuador]

Breaking: Earthquake on the Ecuador coast (April 2016)

Wiki
Ecuador Bahia de Caraquez

Flickr
[|Academia Surpacifico] [|Manta] [|Museo de Bahaia Caraquez] [|Rio Muchacho]

Twitter
[|@eldiarioec] [|@alcaldiagye] [|@PatricioTamariz] [|@ecabanilla] [|@RioMuchacho]

Guayaquil
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Natural world
Ecuador's coast is a dry tropical forest which becomes a humid tropical forest in the rainy season

Weather
Rainy season runs from January-April. Days are often overcast.

Shrimp Farms
In the past, the easily accessible location of Bahia de Caraquez has facilitated the commercialization of products from this region. Currently, shrimp farming offers economic benefits to this city and to the country. Ecuador is now among the three leading shrimp exporting nations in the world. Visit a shrimp farm and learn from the pioneers of shrimp farming about a particular method of production native to this region. En route to the shrimp ponds, navigate the estuary in private touring boats and discover a unique mangrove ecosystem. Visit the Isla de los Pajaros, a small island inhabited by an array of bird species and Isla Corazon.

Tour the area and learn about current aquatic techniques and the commercialization of this product. Of course, we invite you to sample the traditional fresh shrimp dish, Cebiche.

Montecristi
Internationally recognized, but mislabeled, "Panama Hats" originated during colonial times in Indian villages such as Montecristi and Jipijapa. Using ancient Indian techniques, villagers produced this high quality hat, much appreciated for its style and texture. The same weaving techniques are still used to produce the world-renowned hats. J ust fifteen minutes from Montecristi lies another artesian town known as La Pila. La Pila is regionally known for its indistinguishable replicas of pre-Columbian ceramics. Choose from an array of ceramics that represent various coastal civilizations, some dating back 3000 years.

Beaches
Scientific investigations in the field of astronomy gained validity in Ecuador during the eighteenth century. In 1735, under the auspices of the Scientific Academy of Paris, a group of astronomers and scientists reached the coast of Ecuador with the intention of measuring the exact location of the equator.

The mission was led by French astronomer, Charles Marie de la Condamine, who in that same year, discovered the equatorial line here at Punta Palmar, dividing the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

Located just two hours north of Bahia, visit the equatorial monument and its surrounding unspoiled beaches. The spectacular topography of lush forests, mountain ranges and the white-sand beaches of Don Juan make this a magnificent trip.

Archaeology
The [|Red Thorny Oyster (Spondylus princeps)] was sacred to the pre-Incan cultures of the eastern equatorial Pacific.

Foods
coco helado

Trees
Frutipan, Palma Real

News
http://www.eldiario.com.ec

Elsewhere on the Web
http://www.manabi.gob.ec

Headlines
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-coolest-surf-towns/9 http://www.lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/fotoReportaje/1101375053

More
San Vicente/Canoa

Bahia http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/south/ecuador/caraquez.html [|Museo de Bahaia Caraquez] [|Adventure in Chirije, Ecuador] http://www.chirije.com


 * Bahia de Caraquez was declared an ecocity in 1999.**

Canoa 425 kilometers from the Colombian border Epicenter of 98 earthquake Saturday is market day World record for hang gliding (8 hours in the air?)

Manta From Quito to Manta: you can come: By plane (30 minutes, $ 68 USD) there are 3 airlines flying from Quito to Manta: Icaro airlines, Tame airlines, and Aerogal.

By bus (9 hours, $ 9 USD) there are different bus companies traveling from Quito to Manta, we can suggest: Panamericana, Flota Imbabura or Reina del Camino-Servicio Ejecutivo

Editing
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