Ecuador is a Book

[Thanks to Beth for the inspiration]

Ecuador is a book with an old leather cover that smells like dust, chocolate, and time. The edges used to be gold, but they´ve been worn from use. It´s a book that you pick up and start reading, but have to put down for few minutes sometimes because the story is overwhelming. It is a book with some difficult words, words that you don´t know yet. It is a book with pictures, beautiful pictures, but sometimes they don´t match the story. It´s a book that you think you understand until you get halfway through, and then you realize that it´s an allegory for something else, something much deeper, and you have to go back and reread what you missed. Ecuador is a book that you want to share with your friends, but sometimes the plot is too difficult for them to follow. It is a book with a lot of notes in the margins. It´s a book you can get lost in, and a book that you will probably want to read again, because you get something different out of it every time you open it.