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Ecuador: Relocation to Ecuador.:
dunmovn, you need to learn the difference between longitude and latitude.
Ecuador Welcome Forum: Kitchen ware-to bring or not:
Even at sea level where I live, a pressure cooker is a good idea because meats here are generally of poor quality and are quite tough when cooked by other methods. That said, pressure cookers are readily available.
A while back I was looking for a good quality knife and asked members of the forum for suggestions. They directed me to any restaurant supply house and there just happened to be one down the street from where I live. It wasn't cheap, but it was worth it and certainly better than buying on from the U.S. and having to deal with the vagaries of shipping it here.
Opinions on what you should and shouldn't bring vary, all the way from people like myself and dunmovn who basically moved here in suitcases, to suzamarie, who couldn't live without a few minor items and and packed a 40 foot container with those necessities.
In each of the cases where I've read reports about people going the "take everything" route, they have regretted it for numerous reasons. Read their reports of such in the archives. (the archives? What's that)
I'll bet a lot of money that the less you burden yourself and your friend with shipping to you, the happier you both will be.
Even if you can't do without 600 thread count sheets, you can always order them from the U.S. and have them shipped to you duty free through Club Correos.
I hear Susan's wonderful sheets are very nice.
Ecuador: 100 points to consider before moving or retiring in Ecuador:
And a further caveat...
Be assured that Don Nadie is yet another Crowder alter ego, the same kind of fictional clown that Crowder invented to shill his previous commercial efforts and pump his ego. Anybody remember the name of that character Crowder created named Brandon Keene, whom Crowder represented as a real person until he was exposed for doing so? Dragoman, my butt.
Speaking of shills, did you notice that the very first person pumping Crowders book at the link Crowder provided to Amazon, is our very own Margaret Goodhart/boncur/achiku/justathought. She's been shilling for Crowder for years.
Finally, I'd bet my first born male child that that entire review that Crowder posted was written by Crowder himself. Darnit, it was so well written that I actually want to read the book, but please, "inside information and 'secrets'"? It's beginning to sound as if it was written by the staff writers at International Living, Pedicord, Scott and all the rest.
Sorry, folks, there ARE no secrets nor inside information. It is all here for those willing to come and spend time here, to learn on their own. But if you buy the book, how about lending it to me when you're done?
Ecuador: No conspiracy theory here, this is real!:
I'm a Libertarian (and have been since before there was a Libertarian Party) so that should tell you how I feel about this without the need for further clarification.
As for this notion: "Can we discuss this issue without it morphing into alleged misuses of fluoride, chemtrails, and the second shooter on the grassy knoll?" all I can do is wish you good luck. Just remember, the minute thread killer opines, all intelligent discussion must stop because nobody will read beyond his post.
Ecuador: Mama Tungurahua is angry:
Hey, BP, forget the volcano for now. Stay home tonight and read some of the other threads. We're getting over-run by the entitlement-protect-me-from-all-peril crowd and could use your voice.
Darn it, don't jump in if you've had more than one beer. ;-)
Ecuador: Atahualpa:
Dear Susan,
Where do you find the patience?
Love,
Omega
Ecuador: Ecuador tour:
Umbala, please read the following post from Susan Schlesinger, the moderator of this forum and at least reconsider your choice of a tour, where you will be spoon fed just what the tour operator wants you to hear and see. Hardly representative of anything resembling the Ecuador you will discover on your own:
http://www.expatexchange.com/ctryguide/4149/39/Ecuador/Ecuador:-A-Primer-for-the-First-Time-Visitor--%28or,-why-you-dont-need-a-tour%29
Ecuador: I lost 23 Pounds in Quito Ecuador:
Yup, feeding the trolls again.
"When will they ever learn? When will they ever, learn?"
--- Pete Seeger, circa 1955, song recorded circa 1961
Ecuador: Becoming a citizen of Ecuador:
I have dual U.S. and Ecuadorian citizenship. There are many reasons for this. My primary motivation is that I travel frequently and extensively. When I got my Ecuadorian passport (which you can't get without EC citizenship) it became infinitely easier to travel to certain countries using the EC passport than the US passport. For example, I've been to Cuba twice since getting the EC passport. Try that on a US passport. Can't do it. Right now, I'm in Argentina and I just breezed through the Peruvian, Bolivian, Chilean and Argentinian borders. Try that on a U.S. passport. That one you can do on a U.S. passport, but not nearly as easily as on an EC passport. I plan to visit Russia in the future and while you can do that with some bother on a U.S. passport, it is far easier with an Ecuadorian passport. When I go back to the U.S., or other countries that have signatory agreements with the U.S., such as Canada and most of Western Europe, I naturally use my U.S. passport because it is much easier. No visa hassles anywhere. If I was going to travel to anywhere in the Mideast, which passport do you think I'd use? The one from the country where they want kill the residents, or the one from the tiny South American country that they've never heard of?
You also brought up the issue of costs. I have long since saved the cost it took me to get my Ecuadorian citizenship and passport by not having to pay visa fees that I would have incurred had I only had a U.S. passport, not to mention the inconvenience and hassles of doing so.
In four words, the answer to your question would be convenience, flexibility and cost savings.
Ecuador Welcome Forum: Need recommentaion for van:
Like dunmovn, I use Operazuaytours when the weather over el Cajas is crummy and I don't feel like suffering it on one of the bikes, or I'm going to or from Cuenca with friends. $12 for a regularly scheduled ride that takes 3 hours and if going in the Guayaquil direction, they'll drop you off right at the airport if that's where you need to go. I live before you cross the bridge into Guayaquil and they are happy to drop me off at the entrance to where I live.
Best thing is that if you are coming off a flight into Guayaquil, it is a very short walk out the airport exit to their offices, unlike the other van companies that as Lollygagger points out, require a taxi ride.
They're so nice at this company that when I'm coming into Guayaquil airport and going home, they will take me for free if they have space. I always tip them generously for this courtesy as it beats taking a taxi.
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