Ecuador, Country of Contrasts - Photo Challenge

Ecuador is a country of contrasts.

Here the old meets new, the ancient the modern, the powerty the wealth and the cold the heat.

Everything is extreme in Ecuador.

And there is always the opposite around.

I have noticed that since the roads are the bloodvessels of a country, there is no other better way to get the pulse, than from those roads.

Here is a collection of roads, view from them, with contrasts and even contradictions, that Ecuador has to offer.

Coastal highway next to the Pasific Ocean.

A house at the coastal region in Ecuador, the second floor is made from bambu.

Street view in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city.

View from Quito's old city, Quito is the Capital of Ecuador.

Highway at the Andes, at over 4000 meters.

A streetview in Cumbaya, the valley of Quito where many of the wealthy people of the Capital live.

A water crossing on Ecuadorian road.

A donkey on the road in the Andean region of Ecuador.

Bulls left to wait next to a road in a town at the Ecuadorian Andes.

Soccer fans marching to a game in Quito's norhern part.

Tena's central park with a free wi-fi zone. Tena is a town middle of the jungle, at the Ecuador's Amazon region.

Men doing road work at the Ecuador's coastal region next to a sign that says, "Be proud Ecuador - first Ecuador". A governamental campaing designed to get people buy Ecuadorian products and do local tourism.

Cacao beans drying in the sun at the Ecuador's Amazonic part. To make space for oil industry, people moving in and for wood industry, a lot of jungle has been cut down.

Traffic in a town at Ecuador's coastal region.

View of Quito's old airport and northern Quito.