This is a delicious, sweet and refreshing fruit. I’m a fan of fruit that’s easy and doesn’t need juicing or sweetening, like apples, mangoes and bananas. The Pitahaya fruit is new to me, and my list of “easy fruit.” It’s a little funny looking, the skin is yellow (or red, depending on variety) and bumpy. …
Many expats here in Cuenca do not own cars and have to rely on public transportation to get around. Car ownership can be complicated and somewhat expensive in Ecuador so, like many other expats, we have had to adapt to a car-less lifestyle. Tips For Taking Taxis in Cuenca Taxis are everywhere in Cuenca and…
Yesterday we set out on a trip to Quito, so I thought I would tell everyone a bit about the airport in Cuenca. The airport in Cuenca is bright, clean and modern. You can find little bits of everything you might expect to find at an airport even though the airport itself isn’t that big….
Ecuador is a beautiful country full of interesting places to visit and beautiful mountain scenery. The people are friendly, the cost of living is reasonable and the weather is springlike most of the year. Of course, anyone can learn those facts by reading a guidebook or visiting a tourism website. It would appear that Ecuador,…
Living in Ecuador has given us a variety and quality of food that we literally couldn’t imagine enjoying back in Canada. The fruit is cheap, fresh and delicious. $1.00 pineapples are huge and extremely sweet. Mangoes are sweet and messy (er, juicy) and cost $0.55 per kg! Grapes, papaya, oranges, limes, and bananas are all…
We’ve been covering Cuenca, Ecuador and expat life in general for just over 5 months in more than 100 posts. And we’ve built a pretty solid set of content. We are often told that we are the best Ecuador site for expats – but we want to be better. And we need your help. What…
3 Ways to Find Rental Property in Cuenca, Ecuador Food, shelter & clothing… those are our basic needs. Finding food in Cuenca is easy. Finding clothes that fit the usually taller and often more “robust” expat population can be a little more challenging in Ecuador. Finding a house here can be a real challenge at…
Our pets often become a part of our families. So when we relocate, it opens up the question of how to move them to our new city. In this post, we’ll cover moving pets to Ecuador, how to fly with a pet, litter training a dog for apartment living, and how a new pet can…
Buying a car is something we swore we would never do when we moved here a year and a half ago. We were terrified of the style of driving and the apparent lack of road rules. Well, we’ve loosened up a lot since then, and we are ready to be independently mobile once again. Our…
We receive lots of review materials. Mostly books, but some software too. Some publishers are hesitant to ship to Ecuador, telling me that their shipping department is “unable” to ship out of the US. Other publishers (especially Wiley) must have broken the difficult shipping secret because I regularly receive review copies from them. I have…