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Life in the Land of Eternal Spring
Date: 09/02/2009We announced The World's Top Retirement Haven less than 24 hours ago. Already this little Ecuadorian town is getting a lot of attention—191 publications (mostly in the U.S.) have picked up the story as I write. So, you'll probably be reading something about this in your local newspaper soon…but you can get the full story here right now…
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Revealed: World's Best Retirement Haven 2009
Date: 09/01/2009 Author: Laura SheridanFor the past 17 years, every September we rank and rate 30 countries under eight separate categories to give you the results of the best retirement havens in the world. This year, the winner is...
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Furniture Made-to-Order in Ecuador, Cheap
Date: 08/19/2009 Author: Dan PrescherLate last month, Suzan and I found a deal on a little condo in Cotacachi, Ecuador...a great builder who finished (almost) on time, great construction, great price, great project, great neighbors, great little town, and absolutely jaw-dropping views of the Andes from every window.
Challenge: absolutely no furniture.
Read OnBest Place to Live a Simple Life -- Tucson or Cotacachi?
Date: 07/28/2009July 28, 2009 -- AARP chose Tucson as the best place to live a simple life. But Cotacachi has better weather, slower pace, and lower cost of living.
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Try a New Life in Cuenca, Ecuador - for $300 a Month
Date: 06/18/2009Leaving Colorado for Cuenca, Ecuador last year, it felt like we were making a huge jump without a net. The middle-of-the-night jitters would wake me with all kinds of “What if?” questions. Being the kind, considerate husband that I am, I would wake my pretty wife Christina to share all these concerns with her. It’s a tribute to her patience that she didn’t brain me.
We’ve found the reality is that it’s easy to try out a new life in Ecuador...
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Cotacachi: Ecuador’s Perfect Getaway Spot (for Less Than $55,000)
Date: 06/16/2009 Author: Dan PrescherMy wife, Suzan, and I have been traveling to Cotacachi since 2001. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, but it’s water that has been kind to Cotacachi. This small, leather-crafting village in Ecuador’s northern Andes hasn’t grown much in size or population in the eight years we’ve known it, but it’s certainly dressed itself up nicely. Each year it gets a little spiffier, a little cleaner, a little more prosperous…without losing its village feel.
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Vilcabamba, Ecuador--Stunning Views, Shrieking Italians, and Magic Cacti
Date: 06/15/2009 Author: Steenie HarveyTwittering birds colored orange and blue. Green mountains all around. A man hauling a giant bucket of strawberries. The smell of wood-shavings--I can hear a carpentry saw buzzing somewhere.
Under the once-sacred Inca mountain of Mandango, Vilcabamba could turn out to be your Ecuadorian Shangri-La. But it’s hardly some remote, hidden valley--not any more.
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Cheap Ecuador – Travel Well on $43.72 a Day
Date: 06/01/2009 Author: Steenie HarveyI’m surprised by how much I like Ecuador. Much cleaner than expected, less beggars than I feared--and the awesome Andean scenery of volcanoes, lakes and green valleys deserves every accolade.
My colleague Lee Harrison once got an e-mail addressed to "the cheap guy from Latin America." So in an attempt to outdo him, I spent one day of my Ecuador trip paring expenses to the bone.
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