Ecuador Ride Report / Ecuador Ride Report: Goodbye Mass Tourism // ADV Rider
We may lament the days of cheap flights and easily accessible travel, but how are locals coping with the loss of mass tourist crowds? Here’s my Ecuador ride report focusing on what life in Ecuador looks like right now – from the locals’ perspective. Life in the Amazon Basin In the tiny indigenous Campococha community near River Napo, eco-lodges, boat tours, and jungle hikes were a major source of jobs and income just last year. According to Olmer, our native Quichwa guide at the Grand Selva Lodge where we’ve based ourselves for a couple of weeks to explore the Amazon basin, he used to...
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