Loja: Ecuador As It Was Before The Gringo Invasion Loja, Ecuador , is the object of my most remarkable failed prediction. In fact, two failed predictions. Loja is one of my favorite cities in Ecuador. In fact, if I were returning to Ecuador today, this small Andean city in the south of the country is […]
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City living is not for everyone. The noise, traffic, pollution, and crowds you find in a typical big city is just overwhelming for some people. Before I moved to Medellín, Colombia (population 3.5 million), I lived for 23 years in a town with only 4,000 residents. The nearest large city, with big box stores, multiple
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A few weeks ago I shared the details about four apartments on the market in Salinas, Ecuador. If you missed that story, you can still read it here. While I was scouting in Ecuador, I also had the opportunity to travel up the Pacific coast to the more traditional and tranquil communities of Ballenita, Punta Blanca,
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In 2013, I visited Ecuador during my personal search for an overseas home. After attending the Live and Invest Overseas Ecuador Conference in Guayaquil, my husband and I ventured inland, over the Andes Mountains, to Cuenca. Cuenca was (and is still today) the hot spot for expat living—approximately 6,000 expats residing in a town of
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I retired to Cuenca in 2001, at the age of 49. I knew no other North Americans there, and no one who spoke English. Retiring to Ecuador was not a popular idea in 2001. Nine months into the year, I obtained my pensioner’s visa from the New York consulate. At that time, one restaurant in
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A Great Lifestyle With Inexpensive Beachfront Ecuador’s coast has lots of beautiful, unspoiled, and fairly undeveloped seaside towns. In fact, Ecuador’s undeveloped coast is what draws a lot of people to the country. But if my agenda were to enjoy resort-style amenities—restaurants, cafés, nightlife, groomed beaches, and an active real estate market— then Salinas is
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With more than 1,250 miles (2,000 km) of coastline, Ecuador is the westernmost country in South America. And Salinas, on the Santa Elena peninsula, is the westernmost piece of land on Ecuador’s mainland. It’s one of the world’s few coastal resorts where you can still buy a new condo for less than US$53,000. This ex-fishing
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Few pleasures rival a sunset walk down a wide, sandy beach that is unspoiled by tourists and overdevelopment. Many expats dream of retiring in a place where such strolls are a daily occurrence. The problem lies in
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Plus: “Should I Believe You… Or Panama Letter?” Jan. 20, 2015 Montevideo, Uruguay US$1=2,384 Colombian pesos Dear Overseas Property Alert reader, Colombia continues to command a lot of interest among potential overseas property buyers, investors, and expats. The inexpensive properties and high quality of life are a big draw. But what really surprised me this
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Plus: Buying And Investing In New Zealand Like other expatriates who take on a major house renovation project in their adopted country, Dorie Deal and Bob Hoerster readily admit that they didn’t know what they were getting into four years ago when they purchased a large house in Cuenca’s historic district. “I loved the house
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