Travel Information - Adventure Guide to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands - page 47

Isla 111 and Humberto Albornoz, 2-2561-077, Mon-

Italy

Fri, 10 am-12 pm.

Juan León Mera 130 and Patria, Edificio de La
Corporación Financiera Nacional, 7th Floor, 2-2561-

899, fax [phone], Mon-Fri, 9:30 am-12 pm, 2:30-
5:30 pm.

Japan

6 de Diciembre 4843 and Naciones Unidas, 2-2457-

Mexico

820, fax [phone], Mon-Fri, 9 am-12 pm.

Nether-
lands

12 de Octubre 1942 and Cordero, 2-2525-461, Mon-

Fri, 9 am-12pm.

Norway &
Sweden

Pasaje Alonso Jerves 134 and Orellana, 2-2509-514/

423, fax [phone], Mon-Fri, 9 am-12 pm.

Diego de Almagro 1550 and Pradera, Edificio Kingman,
3rd Floor,

Panama

/fax [phone], Mon-Fri, 9 am-2 pm.

Av. Rep de El Salvador 495 and Irlanda, 2-2468-410/

411, Mon-Fri, 9:30 am-12:30 pm, 3:30-6:30 pm.

Peru

Amazonas 3617 and Juan Pablo Sanz, Edificio Xerox,
2nd Floor,

Switzer-
land

2-2434-948 fax [phone], Mon-Fri, 9

am-12 pm.

La Pinta 455 and Amazonas, 2-2564-373/390/377, fax

2-2500-826, Mon-Fri, 9 am-1 pm.

Spain

United
States

12 de Octubre and Patria, 2-2562-890, fax 2-2502-

052, Tues-Fri, 8-11:30 am, 2:30-4 pm.

Health & Safety

B

ugs and snakes are of minimal concern at most desti-
nations. Accommodations will have mosquito nets
where they are needed (tropical lowlands). If you are trav-
eling in malaria-infested areas of the Oriente or lowland
tropical forests along the western slopes, consider taking malaria
pills, and remember that malarial mosquitoes bite at night.Wear
long-sleeved shirts and long trousers (light and loose fitting) from