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 yesterday […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Honestly I was on my way to the supermarket but I saw the chance to pass on some interesting Cotacachi health information - the Aloe Vera drink seller had caught my eye.
Turns out that Juan has been here in Cotacachi for 3 years married to a local lady but originally […]
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One way to enhance the chances of living a long and healthy life is to reduce stress. One way to do that is to live in a low cost, beautiful place. Ecuador is such a place. Low cost? Believe me. You can live like a king for $2,000 a month. Beauty? Let the pictures below […]
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Ecuador fiestas really do seem to spring up on you unannounced. I was visiting our friend John Papski, at his new country home in the village of La Merced, 15 miles from Quito, and there was another Ecuador fiesta.
As John his wife Dioni, and I plus the children got off the local bus, a 25 […]
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