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Ecuadornlies on the equator. It’s a South American country, and it’s primarynlanguage is Spanish. You might think that Ecuadorians would use pesosnor reales for money (they used to)…but you would be wrong.
Ecuadornlies on the equator. It’s a South American country, and it’s primarynlanguage is Spanish. You might think that Ecuadorians would use pesosnor reales for money (they used to)…but you would be wrong.n
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nInstead,nEcuadorians use U.S. dollars!
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nHerenis a list of countries that have adopted the U.S. dollar as theirn“legal tender”:
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n BritishnVirgin Islands
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n EastnTimor
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n Ecuador
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n ElnSalvador
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n Fed. States of Micronesia
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n MarshallnIslands
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n Palau
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n Panama
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n Saba
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n SintnEustatius
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n Turksnand Caicos Islands
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nBynthe way, just because these nations have adopted the U.S. dollar, itndoesn’t mean that they have adopted pennies, nickels, dimes, andnquarters. Instead, Ecuador offers centavoncoins. n
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nInread on a travel website that, although Ecuadorians use U.S. dollars,nmost vendors do not have very much change. You couldn’t use a $20nbill to buy a $5 item there (unless you’re in a “keep the change”nsort of mood), like you can in the U.S. So travelers are urged tonbring lots and lots of ones and fives.
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nWhethernyou are using your U.S. dollars to purchase roasted guinea pig (ancommon food in Ecuador!) or roasted maize kernels (a bit likenpopcorn), ice cream from a street vendor at midnight ornfresh-squeezed “tree tomato” juice from a sidewalk market in thenmorning…Ecuador has lots of interesting foods to try andn(hopefully) enjoy.
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nMorenon Ecuador…
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Then Galapagos Islands,n famous for the unique creatures that Darwin studied before coming upn with his theory of evolution through natural nselection, are a partn of Ecuador.
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Ecuadorn exports more bananasn than any other country in the world—almost 1/3 of the world’sn supply! (Even though Ecuador is only about the size of Nevada!) n
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Humpback whalesn migrate from the Antarctic to the coasts of Ecuador to mate and given birth. n
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Mount Chimborazon is the closest point on Earth to the Sun. n
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nAlsonon this date:
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nSmithsonian Day
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MissourinAdmission Day
MissourinAdmission Dayn
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n“Mr. Summer Time’s” birthday
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nPlannahead:
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nHerenare my Pinterest pages on Augustnholidays, historicalnanniversaries in August,nand Augustnbirthdays.
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest pages on Septembernholidays, historicalnanniversaries in September, and Septembernbirthdays.
