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Recommended Reading Touring/Guidebooks Ecuador & The Galapagos Islands, Lonely Planet Survival Kit, by Rob Rachowiecki (Lonely Planet). One of the best. South American Handbook (all countries, Ben Box) and Ecuador & Galapagos Handbook (Alan Murphy), Footprint Handbooks, Passport Books. Ecuador Handbook, Including the Galapagos Islands (Julian Smith), Moon Travel Handbooks, new. Ecuador, Galapagos Islands (Alain Legault), Ulysses Travel Publications. Also is published in French. The New Key to Ecuador and the Galapagos (David Pearson, David Middleton), Ulysses Press. Emphasis on Natural History and Ecology. Insight Guides: Ecuador, edited by Tony Perrottet, (APA Publications). Beautiful photos, many contributing writers. Climbing and Hiking in Ecuador (Bradt Publications, Globe Pequot Press). Additional Reading The Panama Hat Trail, by Tom Miller (Wm. Morrow, NY). A light insight into everyday life in the Andes and the areas of the famous hat industry). Walking the Beaches of Ecuador, by Jose-German Cardenas and Karen Marie Grenier. Travel Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, by Edward Whymper (out of print in the U.S. but likely available in Ecuador). A classic l880 account of the region. Savages, by Joe Kane. For interesting perspectives on Ecuador's oil policies, written from the perspective of an endangered Amerindian tribe. The Amazon Stranger, by Mike Tidwell (The Lyons Press). Focuses on Randy Borman, the son of U.S. missionaries who now lives with the Cofan Indians and who has helped them win a number of battles with oil corporations. Living Poor: A Peace Corp Chronical (out of print); The Farm on the River of Emeralds (out of print); and The Saddest Pleasure: A Journey on Two Rivers (Greywolf Press, Minnesota). 3 books by Moritz Thompson, the best accounts of peace corps life and an almost 30 years living as a foreigner here in Ecuador. Otavalo, Weaving, Costume and the Market, by Lynn Meisch (a foremost Anthropologist, who has specialized in Andean Textiles and the Otavalen Indians for well over 25 years). |