Horses can be seen everywhere in the Ecuador, especially in the Andes mountains. And here in Cotacachi we have the spectacular Paseo de las Chagras every spring. The photos below don’t even begin to do justice to this spectacle but go some way to show the esteem horses are held in. Gee-up! To continue reading [...]
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Horses in Ecuador
Posted in Culture, Ecuador, Ecuador Premium Updates on Feb 29th, 2008
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Investing IRAs overseas makes sense in these days of economic turmoil. What’s more you can even invest your IRA in real estate abroad. I have been investing my US pension plan in overseas investments for decades and am about to buy condos on Ecuador ’s coast into my pension. Here is the Palmazul Spa which [...]
Ecuador Living services can be confusing because we offer so much for those with an interest in Ecuador . Also our Garyascott.com site covers Ecuador services to a limited degree as well. A reader just sent a note expressing this confusion and my explanation may be helpful to you. The reader wrote: “Dear Gary, Thank [...]
Ecuador beaches are great. I know because we are just back from a trip to the Ecuador beach, an eleven hour jaunt in a van…trusty Jorge behind the wheel. We trundled off at 4:30 in the morn with our good friends from Telluride, Bob and Barbara Humphrey, heading down…down…down from 7,800 feet here to the [...]
Ecuador Literacy is dropping. Over the last 40 years, there has been a 76.7% decrease in the illiteracy rate in Ecuador leaving the current Ecuador literacy rate at about 90%. Yet there are over a million individuals needing literacy instruction in Ecuador . There are an insufficient number of formal schools in Ecuador which means [...]
Ecuador Culture and Ethics
Posted in Adventure, Culture, Ecuador, People on Jan 22nd, 2008
Ecuador culture and ethics are reasons we love living here. Merri and I selected the village of Cotacachi as our winter home because opportunity abounds. Yet there is much more. The ethics of the culture here is wonderful! This is our home and the headquarters of our foundation because it is noted as one of [...]
Cotacachi Ecuador Hotels
Posted in Culture, Ecuador, People, Travel and places to stay on Jan 22nd, 2008
Cotacachi Ecuador hotels are good, including a Chateaux & Relais spa. However the colonial Inn El Meson de las Flores is a special Cotacachi Ecuador hotel. Here are some snapshots of the El Meson de las Flores Inn. We hope we can help you. Built over 150 years ago, the entrance this Inn at Cotacachi [...]
Ecuador has so much information to offer the task seems daunting at times. Thanks for asking about Ecuador . We love living and doing business in this country. Our home is in Cotacachi, a small village about 1.5 hours from the Capital of Quito. Soon we’ll be even closer to the airport as Quito ’s [...]
Ecuador Living makes every day in the publishing business fun…yet also tinted with some sadness, because there is usually someone with a great deal of ignorance…tinted with anger, who decides to waste their time spewing both. Here is an example. I am forwarding this (unedited) not because it is worthy of comment, but because you [...]
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