Author Archives: Richard

Let’s say things were different. Let’s say I won the California lottery and could live this comfortably in the States, or inflation here reaches somewhere between Argentine and Venezuelan proportions so Ecuador becomes expensive for what you get. And let’s … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about what’s new and what’s old, about phases of my life and what the future looks like. Myung and I went to Quito last week. On the one hand, getting out of town was good. On the … Continue reading →

As you can see, it’s been since March that I wrote something. Life’s juuuust a bit slower than when we were traveling. Well, here’s an update, inasmuch as there is anything to update. We’ve got some routines, like, we get … Continue reading →

Hi y’all. We’ve become homebodies. We’re regular Cuencanos and have a place we plan to stay in for the foreseeable future. Our little house isn’t much, but it’s only $350/mo and suits us fine. It’s a little place behind the big house … Continue reading →

I decided to blog before we actually move to our new abode. Living here in Sofie’s and Hendry’s big house seems like a unit of time. We have been renting one of six or seven bedrooms in their big house. … Continue reading →

This post is basically a placeholder. Myung and I are living in Cuenca but I’m not ready to post on that yet. Besides, that wasn’t a sure thing till last week. In fact, it still isn’t a sure thing for … Continue reading →

We stopped in Banos for a week on the way to Cuenca. Banos should have a tilda over the “n” but I haven’t downloaded a Spanish keyboard. It’s basically a tourist town in a wide gorge. The surrounding mountains and … Continue reading →

We’ve been in Quito for just over two weeks and did what we set out to do. We picked up our permanent residence visas/Ecuadoran ID cards a couple of days ago, looked around town a fair amount, and decided Quito … Continue reading →

I messed up. I have this draft I forgot to post. Meanwhile, we have been to and left Quito. I’m cranking out the Quito post now. Oh, we went one more place around Cotacachi before heading for Quito, Peguche. It’s … Continue reading →

Things are falling into place in a timely manner. We’ve been in Cotacachi for two months, and it feels like we are about done with it at least for now. It would be a good enough place to stay. As … Continue reading →