Thursday, October 9, 2008

Ecuador...A breath of fresh air

I used to be a person content to stay in and never leave my source of origin. As a child growing up my experience of vacations were with my parents visiting my grandparents one state over. While I loved my family I couldn't help but feel I was missing out on things and places around the world. Then in my 20's I had my first experience of visiting another country...Canada. I was hooked. I love traveling. My wife also loves it and with our businesses we've had the capabilities to travel extensively. The first country that we've wanted to repeatedly return to over and over is Ecuador. We first visited several years ago after reading articles on favorable places to invest. We were overwhelmed with the generosity of the people, the beautiful climate, and the affordability of consumer goods. We have since made many friends in the country both locals and ex-pats. We decided a few years ago that this was the place we wanted to retire to. It feels like home but much less expensive and restrictive. You can enjoy the beautiful majesty of the Andes mountains, or take a 30 min. flight to the coast to enjoy the beaches. The weather is a constant 70 degrees year round, the health care is first rate with most physicians and dentists U.S. trained. Ecuador is a major petroleum producing country with regular at 1.48 gal and diesel at 1.00 gal. With all these factors in mind we decided to invest in real estate projects with developments in both the Andes mountains in Cotacachi Ecuador and the coast in San Clemente Ecuador. You can check our progress with these projects at www.ecuadorrealestatesales.com. We fell in love with this country and the people and plan to make it our new home soon. It reminds me of the United States of the 40's/50's when strangers spoke to you and life was simpler. Visit this country soon and see for your self. Take care.