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The ‘Cotacachi Olympics’ stimulates the ability of the Ecuador indigenous population to help themselves. This project was started by by Jorge Quilumbaqui, the developer of Primavera One and Two. Jorge started off as a laborer for a local indigenous builder and made good after years of struggle. Now he is considered to be one of [...]
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I’m missing my Ecuador as I view it from afar and here I try to understand why. If I haven’t posted as regularly as usual it’s because I seem to be very busy on vacation in England. In Cotacachi I’m looked after like a king by the wonderful staff at Meson de las Flores. They [...]
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4th of July in Cotacachi is starting to take on more significance for the local population these days! And that, not un-coincidentally, is because there are now more and more Americans who make up the local population. Don’t get me wrong there are no parades and fireworks just yet but enough of us got together [...]
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Posted in Charity, Culture, Ecuador, People, Politics on May 26th, 2008
One Cotacachi property that has an interesting past and present is the Casa de Cultura (Culture House). This is just round the corner from Meson de las Flores and captures the attention as you walk down Bolivar Street. Now it looks like this below. But before on the July 5th, 2000 it looked like this [...]
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I often get asked what is it like living in Ecuador – community involvement is important once you are settled in. Take two of Gary’s readers Lee and Peg Carper. They actually came down here at the end of last year because two of their friends had visited Ecuador and Cotacachi and then raved about [...]
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