Expat Life
By Jolene Wilson-Glah Behind an inconspicuous green door on a quiet street just outside el Centro lies a refuge few people know about — but which saves lives every day. […]
By Sylvan Hardy Over the years, I’ve heard from dozens of prospective North Americans who tell me about the dream home they hope to find in Ecuador. A man from […]
By Steven Rigney I don’t have a car in Cuenca. Don’t want one. I find that this is a common sentiment among many expats. Undoubtedly, this has a good deal […]
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By Sylvan Hardy Almost every expat arriving in Ecuador has heard the pitch: You can hire a maid, gardener, or cook in Ecuador for a fraction of what you would […]
It rarely looks dramatic. There is no farewell message. No public explanation. No final gathering. One day, someone simply stops showing up. They are still in Cuenca. You may see […]
Back in Florida I lived in a small county seat city where my monthly water bill could bring a grown man to the brink of despair. One hundred and fifty […]
I wish that Sherlock Holmes was still alive — not that he ever was — because the fact is often stranger than fiction, and Holmes would surely have been called […]
By Lauren Covino-Smith Before our family relocated to Barcelona to start our expat life, I would listen in awe to my husband share stories of other expat families. At the […]
By Caitlin Flanagan I turned 60 last week, and I feel vaguely embarrassed about it, like I’ve somehow let myself go, like I’ve been bingeing on decades and wound up […]
There is a widely ignored truth about Ecuador, and it is not written into law or printed on any government website. This country does not run on procedures, institutions, or […]
By Christine Clark “Don’t swallow your gum, it’ll take seven years for your stomach to digest!” “Ah, just pick it up off the floor — five second rule!” Most of […]
One of the things Cuenca does especially well is variety. CafĂ©s here are not interchangeable. Each one attracts a slightly different mix of people, activities, and expectations, often without anyone […]
Several readers have asked Charlie to comment further on imported packages and the pros and cons of various sources, so I have been peering again into the mysterious world of […]
Where are you from? I’m never quite sure how to answer this question. In my experience, North Americans tend to move around more than others, but rarely is anyone asking […]
There are moments in life when you stumble upon a solution so perfect, so economical, and so free of future regret that you briefly consider forming a religion, or at […]
After you start noticing the different tables in Cuenca, something else becomes harder to ignore. It is not just that people gather at different cafĂ©s or at different hours. It […]
Somewhere north of Panama they invented an app that tells you when to be hungry. It also tells you how much guilt you should feel when you order dinner. If […]
By Larry Scherwitz, PhD Those of us who live in Cuenca know how fortunate we are to have physicians who truly listen—doctors who take time, think carefully, and treat us […]
There was a time, and it was not so very long ago, when the Republic of Ecuador would hand you a retirement visa if you could prove an income of […]
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