Ecuador Stories


Our Second Year

In December we celebrated the end of our second year in Manta Ecuador. We have learned so much about the people and the culture of Ecuador. We feel we couldn’t have picked a better place to retire. During the first two years we have purchased a home, obtained our Cedula (permanent residency visas), visited many places in Ecuador and also have visite...


Visiting Salinas Ecuador

Salinas is a city of about 33, 000 people located on the coast of Ecuador down the “Ruta del Sol” south of Manta (about three to four hours driving). We had rented a van and drove to Salinas with two more couples. We left on a Monday and drove back to Manta on Wednesday. Salinas is about two hours from Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador. We have hea...


Visiting the Oriente

Visiting the Oriente Ecuador is divided into four different regions. The different regions are Coastal (Costa), Sierra (Andes Mountains) Oriente (Amazonia) and the Galapagos Islands. For example Manta, the city where we live, is located in the coastal region and Quito is located in the Sierra. After we completed this trip to the Amazonia we will onl...


Here comes peter cotton tail, hoppin down the Incan Trail!

HAPPY EASTER! Hey crew! I know it has been a while, I kind of fell away from these journals. I am really sorry about that. As much as it sucks that I have been lacking in communicating with yall, it does not mean that I have not been thinking about you guys. I wanted to catch everyone up on some recent biz in my life. Nothing really these past fe...