I've been to 54 countries and have lived in 10. These 5 underrated places are worth the trip.

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Kate Boardman, a content creator that travels the world, in Guatemala.
Kate Boardman, a content creator who has traveled the world, in Guatemala.

Kate Boardman/@wildkat.wanders

I moved to Ecuador because the US was too expensive. I'd love to move back to Montana and be near my grandkids but I can't afford it.

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A woman in glasses and a hat; a views of homes and mountains in the background.
Lonita Jensen in Montana; The view from Jensen's kitchen window in Ecuador.

Lonita Jensen

A 'lost valley of cities' built thousands of years ago has been found in the Amazon

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Aerial shot of river in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.
Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.

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Gunmen storm live TV show as Ecuador erupts in violence

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Gunmen stormed a live TV show in Ecuador and demanded an end to the crackdown on gangs that began when the country's most wanted prisoner escaped.

Shocking video shows armed men taking over an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast

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Workers lie on the floor as hooded and armed people take over a tv studio of Ecuador's TV station TC during a live broadcast, in this still image of a Reuters' recording of the affair of TC signal channel, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 9, 2024.
Workers lie on the floor as hooded and armed people take over a tv studio of Ecuador's TV station TC during a live broadcast, in this still image of a Reuters' recording of the affair of TC signal channel, in

Taking dollarization to the next level: Here's a look at countries using the greenback as local currency

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Andrew Jackson portrait on twenty dollar bill.
Andrew Jackson portrait on $20 bill.

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One of Putin's guards who denounced the war and fled Russia says he's being pursued even in South America

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Russian dissident Vitaly Brizhaty standing in uniform in a verdant area, in an undated photo.
Vitaly Brizhaty in uniform.

Courtesy of Vitaly Brizhaty

Ecuador could make history by banning oil drilling in the Amazon

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Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon.

J. R. R. Tolkien now shares his name with a mystical stream frog found in Ecuador — a country in the literal middle of the earth

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A green and yellow frog with brown speckles and brown eyes stares at the camera while hanging onto a green branch with its feet.
Hyloscirtus tolkieni, named after fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien

Juan Carlos Sánchez-Nivicela / Archive Museo de Zoología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Biologists found 5 new species of snakes and Leonardo DiCaprio named one that produces a 'musky and distasteful odor' after his mom

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A red, yellow and white snake with large, glowing red eyes stares at the camera while sitting on a tree branch
Sibon canopy is named in honor of the Canopy Family system of reserves, particularly its Canopy Lodge in Valle de Antón, Coclé province, Panama.

Alejandro Arteaga

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