Live From Ecuador: Cruising in a Country in a Crisis?

International Galapagos Tour Operators Association - IGTOA (Logo))I’d been vaguely aware of the political problems currently plaguing Ecuador. But it was only when my flight from London landed in Miami on Tuesday afternoon and I switched on my phone to a flurry of worried WhatsApp messages from friends and family that I discovered just how much the situation had escalated.

While I’d been in the air, armed gunmen had broken into a TV studio in Guayaquil, threatening employees while the channel was live on air (Guayquil is where most domestic flights stop en route to the Galapgos Islands, where I’ve come for an eight-day Galapagos Islands cruise with HX Expeditions).

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