“T.I.E. This. is. Ecuador.” I find myself often telling my brother (from the USA) who is currently visiting Ecuador for the first time.
The things he initially notices crack me up when I’m just used to it being here a few years now.
Here were a few things he noticed first in Ecuador, and found strange…
1. Grass growing on power lines in Ecuador. Unexplainable.
2. Ghetto glass. Or broken bottles cemented into the tops of property walls to prevent break ins. Interesting idea.
3. Whole extended families on motorcycles. Slightly illegal in the USA, he found it strange the sight of a father, mother and two kids and the family dog on one motorcycle in Ecuador.
4. Street dogs humping in the street. A common part of any Ecuador landscape. This one he found particularly hilarious.
5. Random cars with police-colored strobe lights. Not exactly legal in USA.
6. Pissing in Public. The ease with which male Ecuadorians pull up in public was impressive to him.
7. Cars parked on sidewalks making the pedestrians walk in the street. A common sight in Ecuador.
8. How close the buses whiz by you when biking on the road in Ecuador, literally they pass just inches away. This one made him flinch.
9. Cars pulling other broken-down cars with a rope. Not precisely legal in the USA yet a common sight in Ecuador.
10. No windows (or TP) or any ventilation of any kind in many gas station bathrooms in Ecuador. The hot, humid stench of one particularly on the coast will make you want to shower right then and there.
T.I.E.
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