Expat Life

A twenty-something-year-old gringa sizes up Cuenca´s expats and decides that many of them come up short

December 16th, 2010

By Ashley Armstrong A few months ago there was an article in CuencaHighLife about what Cuencanos think of the gringos living here. If I remember correctly, it was about a grad school project by a University of Cuenca student. A lot of the comments were positive. The locals said that the foreigners brought higher standards...

Carnival craziness as water and foam assaults break out; Gringos fight back in Quingeo

February 15th, 2010

Although Carnival continues through Tuesday, Sunday was the centerpiece of the five-day festival in most of Ecuador. Celebrations in Cuenca, Paute, Gualaceo, Sigsig and other nearby towns, featured costume parades, native dances and plenty of food. The highlight in every venue, though, seemed to be the (mostly) good-natured water and foam fights, a fact that foreigners...