After a couple of quiet days, the famous Dance of San Juan started up again on Sunday, and continues today. We knew it was going to be big when I went out looking at some property with a couple staying here for a month.
First we looked at some property west of the city, the [...]
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By Linda McFarlin
While we were conducting our recent Introduction to Ecuador Course and Tour, we stayed at two Casa Sol hotels, charming hotels located in Peguche and Quito. Casa Sol in Quito is an especially great place to hang out and meet other gringos and travelers.
Two of the people we were fortunate [...]
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Today is a lovely day in Cotacachi—sunny and warm. And quiet. A slight breeze teases the shiny green leaves of the orange hibiscus on our terrace. It’s almost noon and all I hear is soft Latin music wafting up from a nearby tienda. No indigenous marching in circles, whistling and gesticulating. No riot police in [...]
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We are entering one of the most exciting times of the year here in Cotacachi, and in other areas in the Northern Andes. The celebration of the solstice has historically been a major event in these mountains. Cotacachi is no exception.
Tomorrow, June 24th, starts the famous Baila de San Juan. This is [...]
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How much you choose to immerse yourself in the culture will largely define your experience in Ecuador.
–Adventure Guide to Ecuador and the Galapagos
The first Pro-Ecuador Intro Tour has come to an end after a 7-day whirlwind trek that stretched from the beaches of Manta and Bahia in the west, then northeast [...]
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Around 2 or 3 this afternoon I realized that it was Father’s Day. As the two friends we were with contemplated calling their fathers, Gary and I sat quietly. Both our father’s are deceased. Gary’s dad died when he was nine years old and my father passed away a few years ago at the age [...]
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I had a minor, and perhaps even a major revelation this morning. A couple of friends of ours, Carl and Nancy Showalter, recently moved to Cotacachi, Ecuador, to make it their permanent home and base of operation.
Carl is a minister for a small church in Chicago that has an international audience through the internet. [...]
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Last Time It was Time—This Time, It’s Noise
Virtually all Latin Americans have a love affair with noise. Ecuador is no exception. Last week one of our Ecuador vacation rentals was occupied by a couple who came here with some misplaced expectations.
They seemed to have had the idea that Ecuador is like Europe or [...]
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On February 24, 2008, Lucy, an Ecuadorian who lives in Canada with her Uruguayan husband and two children, wrote to say that they were “looking at all our options for making our move (to Ecuador) possible. I heard that the government is doing some unique things for Ecuadorians who want to move back. Could [...]
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