So not all these facts will be weird or unknown, but hopefully they're all interesting!

• The Ecuadorian national sport is soccer (or futbol) so obviously they have great taste in sports 
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• Other popular sports include bullfighting and volleyball (although that is played with a soccer ball) 
• For foods, Ecuador is the world's highest banana exporter! 
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• Don't eat with your hands there, it is considered very rude! (including pizza) 
• Ecuadorians consider guinea pig to be a delicacy so if you have one for a pet try not to be offended...
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• (He's so cute!) 
• Ecuador's national music is pasillo (according to youtube this is an example of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9nz7yLcpBI)
• The Ecuadorian flag's colors are yellow for the diversity of the country, blue for the sea and sky, and red for the blood of those who fought for independence 
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• Ecuador was the first nation in 2008 to declare that nature has constitutional rights (equality for everything!) 
• My last fact is going to be that Ecuador has the world's highest diversity of humming bird species 
• I'll leave you with one last picture: 
• (They're just too cute to eat!!) 

-Haley 

The Spanish Language

DISCLAIMER: I have not studied Spanish (in depth) in a number of years so in no way shape or form am I claiming to be all knowing about this topic. The information collected is an amalgamation from Spanish dictionaries, Google translate and the help of my younger sister. 

So a great majority of the people in Ecuador speak Spanish, and one of the most important things to know how to say are questions such as where is the bathroom? Because why, on earth would you choose to go the bathroom in the woods when there was a restroom nearby? Unless you like practice going the bathroom in the woods, or if the bathrooms smelled really really bad, there is no good reason. Below are some questions that are good to know:

Where is the bathroom?                  ¿Dónde está el baño
How much is this?                           ¿Cuánto cuesta esto?
Do you speak English?                    ¿habla usted Inglés
Do you have change for...?             ¿tiene cambio para ...?
Can I eat this? 
What time is it?                              ¿qué hora es?
Where am I?                                 ¿Dónde estoy?
Cuando...                                      ¿When
What is your name?                       ¿Como te llama?

 The word llama reminds me of llama (hmm I wonder why) so please enjoy this picture of a Chilean llama.

  
 In addition to asking questions, there are other words that may be helpful to know such as one of the basic necessities for human life to function, water.

Water                                   Agua
Food                                    Comida
Bathroom                              El bano
Please                                   Por favor (to be used at the end of sentences)
Thanks                                  Gracis
Man                                      Hombre88.
Woman                                 Mujer 
We, us                                  Nosotros
Boy, girl                                Chico, chica
Usted                                    You
Help me                                Ayudame (used if you happen to be in trouble) 
Thing                                     Cosa
Bad                                       Malo, mal
To understand                        Entender
To find                                   Encontra
I want                                    Quiero (said at a market, or when in a restaurant)
Nice to meet you                    Mucho gusto (said when greeting someone) 


Numbers will also prove themselves useful and hopefully everyone knows how to count to at least ten. Here is a list of numbers that might be needed:
20                          veinte
25                          veinticinco
30                          treinta          
40                          cuarenta
50                          cincuenta             
100                        cien 

Keep in mind that after 30, you say the number in the tens place, add "y" and then the number in the ones place. Well, to wrap it up, I hope this post helped those that didn't know much Spanish (such as myself) and hopefully even if you know Spanish well you still learned something.

Keep it crispy









~Nikisha