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Ecuadorians have long enjoyed a curious reputation on the internet. Not for their cuisine, not for their volcanoes, not even for their footballers. No, the claim that keeps resurfacing is that Ecuadorian men are the most generously endowed in the world. Charts...
Bored? "Carteles para la Cultura" en Museo Universitario - The exhibit, "Carteles para la Cultura" (Posters for Culture) by designer Pablo Iturralde opened at the Museo Universitario of the U. of Cuenca. The designer collected an anthology of posters created since...
By Isabelle Knevett It's nice to think that as a society we are continually learning and getting smarter as the years go on. But what if science is actually showing us the opposite – that we're getting stupider? According to a recent Financial Times article, various...
By Karla Freeman Have you noticed that everything you do, say, think, feel, eat, drink, and breathe effects your energy? When I left Santa Barbara and a successful professional life as a trauma therapist, I was burnt out. Why? I had gotten into habits that depleted my...
A digital nomad, for those still thumbing through the dictionary, is a person who can do their job and earn money from anywhere in the world as long as they have a computer and an internet connection. Countries across the globe now woo them with special visas Click...
U.S. author and musician Daniel Handler once said, “Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.” Handler was talking about the comforting, sweet pastry that has evolved from Swedish traditions into a widely enjoyed treat worldwide....
There was a lot of spooning going on in Parque de la Madre last Friday, at least from this reporter’s vantage point. In case you don’t know, spooning is when a guy snuggles up behind a women, his crotch to her butt, fully clothed (otherwise, it’s called something...
I always get my hair cut at Feria Libre. Not because I’m faithful to one barber. In fact I never sit in the same chair twice, and, without exception, it’s always a woman doing the cutting. The stalls all trumpet “Unisex Service,” though in practice that seems to mean...
Renting in Cuenca is a bit like dating; you have to decide whether you want someone who comes with baggage or someone who expects you to bring all the baggage yourself. Furnished apartments are the quick-and-easy choice. You can walk in with a suitcase, flop down on...
By Karla Freeman I wrote Creating Magic in Midlife before I had the life I have now living in Ecuador. I always wanted to live internationally. I worked as a trauma therapist but retired from that profession. I asked myself what can give my life meaning? The answer is...
Ecuador's Deposit Insurance Corporation (Cosede) will begin issuing payments to CREA cooperative account holders Friday following the conclusion of the liquidation process conducted by the Superintendent of Popular and Solidarity Economy (SEPS). Payments of up to...
For most of my life I suspected that old people were up to something. They had a club, a code, perhaps even a ritual handshake. As a teenager I caught glimpses: my grandmother, who occasionally offered solemn homilies about patience or thrift, but never once mentioned...
By Garry Vatcher Thrift Shops. We love them and we hate them. Growing up in my small Newfoundland town, I didn’t have much exposure to thrift shops. In bigger towns, they were seen as places for those with limited resources — not somewhere people would shop if they...
Servicios Postales del Ecuador (SPE E.P.) in cooperation with the American Citizen Services unit of the U.S. Embassy wants to connect with U.S. expats who have undelivered mail. Servicios Postales is holding thousands of undeliverable packages and letters in its Quito...
By Scott Levine Gone With the Wind (GWTW) is firmly enshrined in American cinematic history. It won a then-record 10 Oscars in 1940 (including best picture, best director, best actress, and best supporting actress), and the American Film Institute ranks it the #4...
Three thrones grace my palatial apartment, each with its own operating procedures and temperamental flaws. One of them is turned off most of the time and only fired up for special ceremonial occasions or visitors. In Spanish they are called inodoros, though the word...
By Rae Witte You might not think much about your shoes when running errands—dropping the kids off, picking up groceries, swinging by the pharmacy. But the footwear you choose for these everyday moments could be shaping your health more than you realize. Ill-fitting...
By Liam Hess The first thing I noticed when I woke up on my first morning in Quito was a physical sensation: a slight dizziness, a shortness of breath, a sense of fatigue after returning from a long (and very jet-lagged) morning walk around the city’s La Carolina...
When I first came to Cuenca, I made the mistake of asking people what the summers were like. The puzzled looks I got were almost as sharp as when I once asked a taxi driver if he’d ever considered raising his fares. “Summer?” they said, as if I’d asked what they...
It’s one of those mild Cuenca afternoons when the rain has decided to wait politely in the wings. I mount the back seat of a Hyundai Creta, one of those compact SUVs that tries to look muscular, but still has the heart and soul of a weak and feeble hatchback. My...
