More Yoga in Cotacachi: Begin the New Year With Calm and Centered

Yoga is immensely valuable for balancing all areas of life and connecting to the Source, or what some call God.  Living from that connection brings greater physical and mental health, serenity and acceptance. In addition to the upcoming Anusara Yoga two-day workshop January 17 & 18 with B. J. Galvan, two other forms of yoga [...]

Yoga in Cotacachi: A Subtle Shift in Energy

Daily meditation brings me greater serenity and centeredness, especially needed these days when so much chaos is impacting our world. My meditation is a form of Raja Yoga and Gary and I also practice Hatha Yoga, which focuses on physical movements and is great for releasing stress from the body and keeping us flexible.
We are [...]

Yes You Can Go Across the Border to Renew Your Ecuador Tourist Visa!

For weeks, we have been telling people, based on information from our attorney in Quito, that an Ecuador visitor can go across the border to renew your Ecuador Tourist Visa for an additional 90 days just before your initial 90 day visa expires.
Today, we have proof! Kristen and Frank, two temporary Cotacachi residents from [...]

Ecuador Culture: Quito Cultural Update for December 2008

Here’s a December update from our Quito Cultural Arts reporter, Liliya Bykova.  If you are interested in a wonderful walking tour of Old Town Quito, and an insider look at expat life in Quito, please call or write:
“Legends of Old Quito” with Liliya and Leo.  Leo is also a U.S. licensed electrician, and will gladly [...]

Cotacachi Walk About

The day after Thanksgiving was a great day.  The weather in Cotacachi has been fantastic the last few days.  If it was like this all the time, we would be swarming with expats and tourists.  As it is, many more people are finding their way to our small town.
We just opened a new office in [...]

Upside Down World in Ecuador: New Mining Law Creates Resistance

Yesterday, an Ecuadorian woman who is married to a U.S. citizen, and has lived in the U.S. for five years, came to Cotacachi to look at some real estate.  She is ready to return home.  We were expecting her around 11 a.m.
At 10:45 she called from Cayambe, about one hour from here.  “We are blocked [...]

Quito Culture with Liliya Bykova

Queen of Quito To be Crowned November 27
One of the highlights of Ecuador culture occurs each year at the end of November when Quito chooses its queen.  Last year the daughter of a friend of mine was one of the candidates, so I have some insight.
After 10-15 candidates are chosen from many applicants, who [...]

Ecuador Culture for October: Music and Magic

An incredibly intense schedule of cultural events is set in Ecuador during October.  Soak up the culture of Ecuador by attending one or more of these events.  Cultural suggestions come from Liliya Bykova, an expat living in Quito’s historic Old Town.   This is the first in a series of cultural reports that Liliya will provide [...]

Welcome New Readers to Pro-Ecuador.com

In the last two days, our website has had more than 1600 hits.  We are not sure where all of you are coming from, but we understand that Mike Adams from www.naturalnews.com referred to pro-ecuador.com in his internet seminar a couple of days ago.
Where ever you are coming from, we welcome you to the growing [...]

A View from the Roof: We’re Back!!!!

By Gary Phillips
Rain and clouds today in Cotacachi.  And the news from the U.S. is gloomy as well.  Financial chaos:  goldsoars, then it plummets, then recovers.  The stock market has more moves than a yoyo. More government bailouts.  Investors saying they are going on vacation for a few  weeks until the government sorts out what [...]