...official needed money. Money to the dock guy that grabs your lines. Money to Customs. Money to Immigration. Money to BioSecurity. Money just to anchor in the port. Money to...

...you just buy it in the first port. I've just had an full blown court case two weeks ago in Tenes because of that. They will give you penalty between...

...Cruising in Ecuador - see https://www.noonsite.com/place/ecuador/formalities#clearance-section for details. Yes, a domestic zarpe is needed if cruising from port to port in Ecuador, and by all accounts it seems an agent...