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The Best Weather on Earth, Cheap
Date: 05/18/2008Sunday, May 18, 2008
Read more about Ecuador in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
My wife, Suzan, and I lived in Ecuador from November 2001 until November 2002.
Life has pushed us around the hemisphere since then...Panama, Nicaragua, three different places in Mexico. But during the year we lived in Quito, we were able to explore much of Ecuador’s beaches, highlands, and mountains—and we flat out fell in love with the place. It’s not only one of the most affordable places on Earth to live...as far as I’m concerned, it has the best weather on the planet.
See More [+]Ecuador’s Best Coastal Buys
Date: 03/28/2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Cuenca, Ecuador
Learn more about Ecuador in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
Salinas, Ecuador’s largest coastal resort, offers one of the country’s best real estate investment markets with annual appreciation running at 40%. Located at Ecuador’s western-most point, Salinas is sometimes called the “Little Miami Beach” because of the phalanx of white mid- and high-rise condominiums built around a crescent bay.
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Where You Can Still Buy a Beachfront Lot for $40,000
Date: 03/20/2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Cuenca, Ecuador
Learn more about Ecuador in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
I’ve discovered what I believe is the most undervalued and overlooked section of coastline in South America. On the tropical coast of Ecuador you can still buy a beachfront home for $50,000 and live comfortably on $1,000 a month. Some properties in the area—specifically, in the towns of Manta and Salinas—have gone up by as much as 30% and 40% in the past year, and much of the rest of the coast looks poised to join the up-trend. But it’s not too late to get in on the opportunity.
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Coastal Ecuador—where you can still buy a beachfront lot for $40,000…if you act today
Date: 03/01/2008
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Low-cost Art Collecting
Date: 02/25/2008Monday, Feb. 25, 2008
Learn more about Ecuador in International Living Postcards—your daily escape
One of the pleasures that many of Ecuador’s expats discover in their adopted country is art collecting. Even those who were not collectors back home take up the habit, impressed by the quality, variety, and low cost of the arts in this Andean country.
See More [+]Fly to Ecuador for $259 (Roundtrip)
Date: 01/11/2008Friday, Jan. 11, 2008
Learn more about Ecuador in International Living Postcards--your daily escape
Flights to Ecuador were never too expensive, but now they are becoming even cheaper with competition from a new Ecuador airline flying from Miami.
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