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Today I posted a short video of my recent trip to Cuenca, Ecuador, where my sister, Cameron Kayce, was exploring it as a place to live that would have a high quality of life and a low cost of living. It could be of interest to you if you are open to way...
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With our new friend John, who lived for over 20 years in Colorado but now lives in the mid coast of Ecuador 50 feet from the ocean, and his sister who is visiting, we took a taxi van for $7.50 each for a two hour journey from Otavalo to the Quito airpor...
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The strangest experience we had was stopping off on a tiny town known for its healers and shaman where cures are offered for a charge. the town was so small we didn´t know we entered it from the road where the bus dropped us off but Cameron thought it ...
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The blue grey lakes are peaceful, surrounded by brown mountains, marked with jagged cracks, traces of former earthquakes, which are common in Ecuador. On our next trip we hope to take a boat on lake at the top of the volcano near Cotacachi, where yo...
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Cameron and I made it to Cotacachi on our last full day. She had read about it on Ecuador Living, a online newsletter published by Gary and Merri Scott, expats who own a hotel here and run seminars on real estate available in the area. We caught a ...
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Now towards the end of our explorations in Ecuador, I am reflecting on the two opposite ways of life. Here in the Sierra we have met a lot of foreigners from many countries - the USA, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Scotland' Canada, even Switzerland. Ma...
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I came here to witness a way of life closer to the earth, and it is up here in these beautiful mountains, that we see an array of the most colorful fresh fruit and vegetables, all sizes and shapes and some we rarely see, like yucca. We dared only tr...
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Today we see Cotacachi and the towns and mountains and lakes surrounding the town of Otavalo, one of the most beautiful regions of Ecuador....
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After a night of strange insects in the garden
orchestrating sounds like rhythmic percussion
At the first rooster's crow
people singing, playing pipes and drums, celebrating -
the Sabbath of Christo, perhaps?
Fog as soft as alpaca rising over roun...
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After a night of strange insects in the garden
orchestrating sounds like rhythmic percussion
At the first rooster's crow
people singing, playing pipes and drums, celebrating -
the Sabbath of Christo, perhaps?
Fog as soft as alpaca rising over roun...
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THE FLOWERS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL HERE.. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! The Otavalvo markwt abounds with indigenous people, children playing. Very relaxed, colorful.
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Today Cameron and I took the early bus from Quito to Otalvo, which has one of THE most famous markets in ALL of South America.
There were blocks and blocks of goods produced by the local natives - sobreros, ponchos, scarves, jewelry. The prices wer...
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We arrived in Quito yesterday evening from Cuenca and Eugenio, the director of the Instituto Superior de Espanol met Cameron and me at the airport and took us to our host family, living near the University in a house like a fortress with 3 locked doors. ...
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Yesterday - flower market with indigenas. Aalso panama hats.
I went to the big museum w many indigenas crafts. Also old Spanish religious paintings.
Topped the evening off at cafe eucalyptus- intl cuise. Thai food w wine and a salsa show - we wer...
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Sandee was celebrating gaining residency in Ecuador, when she was the first person we talked to at Zoe's on Friday evening. Today Cameron and I went to see her in the part of a family's house she rents just outside of Cuenca.
We didn't know if we coul...
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Cuenca is a thriving expatriot community for Americans and Canadians, so Cameron and I found out today at Cafe Zoe where they all meet to share stories of how they gained residency, bought property and enjoy a new international community set in the hills ...
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From Craig´s List Cameron made an incredible contact, Tony, born in NYC of Ecuador parents and now living back in Ecuador with his beautiful wife and family. He showed us an apartment he listed, then said he was doing freelance real estate and could gi...
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Hola!
My sister Cameron and I are in an internet cafe in cuenca, ecuador. Dîdn´t figure on the keyboard being international and the commands being in Spanish! Just phoned my husband Jim through Skype and he could see me on the video thru the webcam ...
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At first it was alarming - we were told to check the U.S. State Dept site for advisory on safety when traveling to a foreign country. It had warnings about Ecuador: masked banditos attacking Americans, even duriing the day, in normally safe places, lik...
