All right, all right. I know what you want, dearest fellow travelers. Forget anything I might write, you want to see the food! And so, I give you foods of Ecuador, part 1:

Frijoles con arroz y pollo y ensalata

Bolon de verde con salami y vegetales

Breakfast is the same every day–tea, fresh fruit, toast, and usually fresh fruit juice

Humita

Llapingachos, arroz, huevo frita

Locro de papas

I could eat the mashed-potato-with-cheese-then-fried llapingachos every day, and the creamy corn mixture of humitas is delicious (I also had one of the sweet types of humitas, but forgot to photograph it). Everything in this post is highly recommended!