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adminee
  10/16/2020 11:21 EST

Welcome to the Ecuador forum. If you're new or have been using the forum a long time, please take a few minutes to introduce yourself and tell us a bit about yourself and your life abroad. If you're a newcomer and have questions about living in Ecuador, post your introduction here and your questions and comments in a new topic.

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Myexpatjourney
  3/27/2024 13:08 EST

I recently retired from civil design in Canada. I prepared for a move away by achieving certification as a teacher of English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), starting in the pandemic lockdown. I received my credential and immediately started talking to a wonderful school in Costa Rica. I am committed to a full school year at the Copey Learning Centre, until December 2024. I love Copey, but am casting around now for further adventures/opportunities.

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Cottie
  3/25/2024 18:04 EST

Retired active couple considering a move out of the U S. No country narrowed down yet, but looking for a safe location

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Papajoe
  3/24/2024 09:46 EST

We are a working class couple considering retiring in equador in the next 10 years. We are looking forward to have our money to go further, and enjoying the weather. We currently live in the Tampa area, and have lived in Fiji. We love new experiences and the challenges of adapting to new cultures. We are not looking to have an American home away from home.

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Rivas11
  3/23/2024 11:51 EST

Make the move. In Ecuador you will live like kings if you buy farm land. I know a few Americans who are doing great specially in la Sierra. PR is too expensive compared to Ecuador. Good luck.

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Rivas11
  3/23/2024 11:49 EST

I wouldn’t move if I don’t speak the language. Learn the basic then move it will make a big difference.

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Aleck
  3/23/2024 10:45 EST

RENT FIRST

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Aleck
  3/23/2024 10:45 EST

Loja is severely limited in its offerings for lifestyle

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Aleck
  3/23/2024 10:43 EST

Where to live is function of many things.
1, How much of Canadian life style you can do without. There are only a few places where you can make and beat Canada's lifestyle
2. DO you need cultural things like art, festivals, constant things to do.
3. What type of weather do you want?
4. How good is your Spanish?
5. Do you intent do live remotely?

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Aleck
  3/23/2024 10:39 EST

Your earnings depend on the amount of interest you receive on your prospective term deposit from the house sale.
Look here to make your calculations. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp

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Aleck
  3/23/2024 10:35 EST

Not much of a Montanita fan. It is merely the roving "hippy" bunch I see migrating all my life. No much Ecuadorian about it. But it will accept alternate lifestyles with almost all no need to adjust., That is not the case outside of Quito. Native gays in Cuenca normally move to Quito to avoid their own family's abuse and church censure.
You won't see that a short visits in the non-Ecuadorian town of Montanita.

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Aleck
  3/23/2024 10:28 EST

Hi Matt,
Need to know more about you to help.

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Aleck
  3/23/2024 10:27 EST

Vilacabamba is a older American-mostly community. Great weather, limited Ecuadorian culture, but with expat drinking that begins early. The outlying homes built to the USA retirement dream have become the epicentre of home robberies in the entire country.
Jobs teaching will be limited.

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Brunhilda
  3/23/2024 01:56 EST

I am a United States citizen born and raised in Seattle, Washington and have been residing in Japan for over three decades. I am a university lecturer at one of Japan’s oldest universities-Ryukoku University.

I would like to secure a teaching position in Ecuador and am especially interested in Vilcabamba.

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Hottymattyrocks
  3/21/2024 18:29 EST

HI I'm matt and am seriously considering Ecuador. Any and all help would be awesome

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visitgaymontanita
  3/21/2024 13:42 EST

This Florida Native started looking at retirement or long term change about 15 years ago. I wanted moderate climate, coastal, non-hurricane zones, affordable and LGBTQ+ friendly. Eliminated most of the Caribbean and Mexico. Costa Rica was too expensive already for coastal, ditto for Colombia. Panama not gay friendly. Stumbled into Ecuador and went to Montanita at the suggestion of a local. Loved it and continued visiting yearly, staying at different hotels and villages along the coast. Montanita is magical to me. International with surfers influence. Bohemian friendly especially for LGBTQ+ folks. Very affordable. I learned to stay close to town for walkability and far enough to escape late night party noise.

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Ctmtnguy74
  3/21/2024 00:18 EST

Starting to plan out my retirement and looking at countries to settle.

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networkr
  3/18/2024 00:06 EST

I am a United States citizen that has learned enough about the coming troubles in my country to want to move abroad, permanently. I fear that a new totalitarian regime will prevent migration in the near future, so I'm looking into it now.

I am nearing retirement, but I'm not confident that I'll be able to collect the social security that the government offers. I am able to perform light work, but not hard labor at my age.

I can sell my house here in the states, but I am looking to discover how long that money will last me in my new country of choice

I do not currently speak Spanish, but am willing to learn.

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Qpdoll
  3/15/2024 19:14 EST

My husband and I are Canadian snowbirds looking for a tranquil spot where our dollar goes further than in the typical US retirement locations. I am intrigued by the diversity of Ecuador and looking forward to finding a place to winter in the 2024/25 season.

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fincanuevacreacion
  3/13/2024 20:18 EST

Hello,

I left the states and moved to Puerto Rico during the pandemic. I had been planning to for years, but the pandemic sped up the process. I was an ELA teacher in the States, so I taught for one year in Puerto Rico, but quit at the end of the year when we moved from one island to another one.

Eventually, my grown daughter moved down here, too. We bought 13 acres of raw land and a rundown repo house 15 minutes away. We've finished fixing up the house, but we've decided that there's no way we can do what we want with only 13 acres of land, and the PR is doing everything it can to make life impossible. We're seriously considering moving to Ecuador to buy an organic farm.

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Kimmiecat
  3/7/2024 13:34 EST

I’m Kimmiecat. Nice to meet you! Getting ready to leave the USA! Would love helpful tips. TIA

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