Country Archive
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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Foreigners Haven’t Found This Ecuadorian Valley…Yet
Date: 01/08/2008
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008
Yunguilla, Ecuador
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Yunguilla is a long valley that begins just south of Cuenca and ends near the seaport city of Machala, with a few small towns along the way. The best locations in Yunguilla are just 45 minutes from the capital, Cuenca. The elevation in Yunguilla ranges from about 7,000 feet at the Giron side (closest to Cuenca) down to 4,500 feet at the Santa Isabel side (closest to Machala)--the climate is perfect and warm, with a very short rainy season. The valley is at an east-west orientation, so it gets direct sunshine all day long.
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Retirees Get Half-price Flights in Ecuador
Date: 12/18/2007
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007
Cuenca, Ecuador
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If you’re 65 or older and looking for an incentive to retire overseas, take a look at what Ecuador can offer you.
Read OnCuenca’s Favorite Expat Café
Date: 11/29/2007
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007
Cuenca, Ecuador
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On Friday nights, expats gather at Cuenca’s Café Eucalyptus. Officially, we come for the live radio broadcast of a blues program hosted by a U.S. disk jockey. Unofficially, we come for the half-priced drinks and to share conversation. Tall tales are welcome, even encouraged.
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Spotlight on...Salinas, Ecuador
Date: 11/01/2007
Salinas, Ecuador’s largest resort town, is also one of the country’s biggest investment opportunities. Located at Ecuador’s western-most point, Salinas is less than a two-hour drive from the international airport at Guayaquil. Referred to as the Little Miami Beach, the town features an impressive row of white mid- and high-rise condominiums situated on a crescent bay. Although the town has a permanent population of less than 40,000, the number swells to more than 100,000 on holidays when condos, rentals, and hotel rooms are filled to capacity.
Read OnTraveling With the Dollar
Date: 09/28/2007Global travelers are feeling a double pinch this year, first from inflation and second from yet another fall by the U.S. dollar.
Read OnStretch your Dollars in the Land of the Sun
Date: 09/27/2007In just a few years, 60 million U.S. baby boomers will start their retirement. Many pensions and social security payments will be severely squeezed by inflation, leaving people without savings in an uncomfortable position.
Read OnA Tale of Two Expats Doing Business in Ecuador
Date: 06/29/2007Kjetil Haugan arrived in Quito in 1996 with a modest amount of investment capital and a lot of ambition.
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