QUITO — On the floor of a secret room hidden behind a bookshelf are the words of Anne Frank translated into Spanish: “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This escape room – constructed out of a lingering fear of Nazi persecution – is not in Europe. It’s … More The Auschwitz survivor who found peace through art in Ecuador
“Extreme tameness…is common to all the terrestrial species…A gun is here superfluous; for with the muzzle I pushed a hawk off the branch of a tree.” (Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle) I did not push any birds off branches as the English naturalist, during his famed trip to the Galapagos Islands in 1835, … More Galápagos Islands: Snorkelling with hammerhead sharks and marvelling at giant tortoises
Rising from the highland plains 31 miles south of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, is the imposing and much-feared volcano named Cotopaxi. At 19,347ft (5,897m) it is said to be the world’s second-highest active volcano with more than 50 known eruptions. Up until October 2017, Cotopaxi, which sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, was closed to … More Cotopaxi: Hiking one of the highest active volcanoes in the world
Sarah Dean 