Ecuador - some info.

Ecuador is the size of New Zealand and has some of the worlds most varied geography, due to the shifting tectonic plates, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It also has many more plant and animal species then much larger countries, due to the tropics. Ecuador has beaches, the Andean summits, the rainforest and the Galapagos Islands. The centre of the earth, being the equator, runs straight through the country. Since the year 2000, the US$ has been used as the countries economy. It is a poor country that exports its oil and bananas, and sees an unfair distribution of wealth. One example of this, is that the money made from tourism in the Galapagos, not a lot is put back into the islands and its growing communities.