Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Jason Murphy
For those of you who will be joining us on the upcoming Pro-Ecuador - Safari Party Adventures Ecuador Photo tour, Paul Yarnall answers the question, “what do I need for this trip without becoming a beast of burden?”.
We can be prepared for nearly any photo situation and have the proper attire for weather and [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Jason Murphy
It may or may not come as a surprise that getting an Ecuadorian driver license is not quick and easy. Actually, it was easy until the day before I tried to get mine. I am doing it the “hard way” to inform our readers about the process.
Driving in Ecuador
Some people ask, why drive [...]
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Filed under: Ecuador Laws, Living in Ecuador, Moving to Ecuador
Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Jason Murphy
I apologize in advance if this post appears to be pure promotion of our upcoming eco-photo tour of Ecuador because that’s exactly what it is. We have been preparing for months and now this unique tour is less than 3 months away.
If you are interested in both Ecuador and photography please keep reading. [...]
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Posted on May 25th, 2008 by Gary
I just returned May 15th from a month in EEUU, or Estados Unidos, as the U.S. is known in South America. I thought I’d be hanging out mostly with gringos, but that was not the case. Everywhere I went I kept running into Ecuadorians or people with a connection to South America.
Saturday, April 21. A [...]
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Filed under: Ecuador Culture, Ecuador Lifestyle
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Jason Murphy
For different reasons many people ask about the possibility of getting Ecuadorian citizenship. It’s not too difficult but you need to be sure that your home country permits dual citizenship or be prepared to become 100% Ecuadorian. US citizens are most likely familiar with the “loss of citizenship” warning printed inside our passports.
The [...]
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Filed under: Ecuador Laws, Ecuador Residency Visa, Living in Ecuador
Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Gary
Something about colonial cities makes my heart sing. I’ve been in many of them throughout Central and South America. Antigua, Guatemala, is one of my all time favorites. It has been fully restored and is a tourist’s delight.
But Cuenca is something special, in the sense that it is not necessarily a [...]
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Filed under: Cuenca, Ecuador Hotels, Places in Ecuador
Posted on May 14th, 2008 by Gary
I was surfing the posts over at the yahoo expats group (go to Yahoo groups, type in Ecuador expats in the search window) and came across a recommendation for a website that got me pretty excited.
I have been working on learning Spanish since 1974 when I made my first trip down into Mexico and Central [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Gary
Like Jason, I too am back from my trip, but while he was tripping around the U.S., I was doing the same in Ecuador. When I departed on May 2, I had the mistaken notion that I could continue to post regularly, but time and travel restrictions prevented me from doing so.
The good news [...]
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Filed under: About Ecuador, Cuenca, Ecuador Hotels, Places in Ecuador
Posted on May 12th, 2008 by Jason Murphy
It’s been a while since my last post on this blog. I’ve been traveling around Ecuador and the United States for almost one full month and it feels great to be back home in Ecuador.
This may sound strange, but I have seen more of the United States during my time as a resident of [...]
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Filed under: Ecuador Lifestyle, Retirement in Ecuador
Posted on May 4th, 2008 by Gary
Day before yesterday, I set out on a journey around Ecuador with a couple of clients to see if we could find them some property.
Due to the amount of traffic we are getting on our website and blog, and the amount of emails they generate, I was somewhat concerned about continuing to stay in touch [...]
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Filed under: About Ecuador, Cotacachi, Ecuador Hotels, Ecuador Internet, Ecuador Utilities, Living in Ecuador