I’ve never been so strapped that I had to get an emergency wire, but as we all know travel and living abroad can be unpredictable so having a solid backup plan is advisable and not too hard. Fortunately for us there are many services that offer support for emergency cash while abroad taking some of the fret of life abroad. For North Americans, Ecuador is a convenient place to transfer money. The currency is in US dollars, so no conversion fees. And in major urban centers like Quito, Guyaquil, and Cuenca there are a palethora of banking facilities making for easy receiving of your cash. Money transfer can be expensive though with high transfer fees in some occasions, but with Read more
Hostel Villa Cayetano–Mariscal’s best atmospere with the best location
If you come to Quito, the place to stay is in the Mariscal. Gringolandia it is, but it is the happening place town. All the good bars, the ethnic varieties of food, the extensive travel agencies and outfitters, etc, not to mention its central location between the airport to the north and the historical city to the south. Calle Calama one block over from calle Fosch(the center of it all) is home to the best restraunts, bookstores and clubs. Pretty much the hub of it all. Villa Cayetano location on Calama puts the guest in the thick of it all with a natural, open ambience, quality rooms, reasonable rates, and plenty of amenities.
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Cuenca Real Estate – buy now while they’re still selling low
Cuenca is a city apart from all others and has come to be recognized as the most European feeling city in Ecuador. As such Cuenca is hands down the most popular destination for Euros and North Americans expats seeking a patch of grass a little greener than the last. It’s architecture resembles something from the streets of old world Andalusia with cobbled streets and wrought-iron fences, courtyards and verdant plants falling down from balconies into the narrow streets below. The old city itself is one of the most well preserved colonial cities in South America and gained UNESCO world heritage status in 1999 to preserve it as a great historical attraction. And it isn’t just the buildings which attracts Read more
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