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What's network access like there? Is wifi widely available?
by cageface 11y ago
What's network access like there? Is wifi widely available?
- jandrese 11y agoEcuador is surprisingly well built up. It was definitely my biggest surprise when traveling South America. People who know it mostly from the economic collapse around the turn of the century will be surprised at how much progress they have made. As an added bonus for US travelers, they use the US dollar as their primary currency. No obnoxious money exchanges to deal with! The only thing to watch out for is change, because Ecuador mints some of their own "dollars" that obviously won't be worth anything in the US.
- aaren 11y agoIs it easy to change the local 'dollars' for true US dollars? Is it 1:1 or are they less valuable?
- jandrese 11y agoI don't know, I avoided them entirely except for a bit of change I kept as a souvenir. One of the biggest surprises: Walking up to an ATM and withdrawing US cash with no fees at all. Not even the bullshit "you're not a member of our bank, so we'll charge you an extra dollar".