Living in Ecuador- Life Is Truly A Beach
Friday, Apr 12, 2019 Ayampe I spent some time on the beach in Ayampe this week. At the north end...
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Living in Ecuador- Family Visits
by Todd | Feb 1, 2019 | Daily Journal Posts | 2 |
Friday, Feb 1, 2019 Family Time It has been a great week visiting with my sister and...
Read MoreLiving in Ecuador- Our First Relative Visits
by Todd | Jan 26, 2018 | Daily Journal Posts | 6 |
Friday, Jan 26, 2018 Visitor! We have a guest. Not just any guest but an actual relative. We have had friends visit, but our relatives seem to shy away. Maybe it’s because they think we ride buses with the chickens (we...
Read MoreLiving in Ecuador Day 296- Ayampe
by Todd | Nov 3, 2016 | Daily Journal Posts | 0 |
Thursday, Nov 3, 2016 It is still dark outside and I’m listening to the sound of the waves crashing onto the beach. I haven’t slept well for some reason, but I don’t mind because I find the sound of the ocean very soothing. I...
Read MoreDay 130- Ecuador- A trip up the coast
by Todd | May 20, 2016 | Daily Journal Posts | 0 |
Friday, May 20, 2016 I woke up at 6 am. The first thing that hits my consciousness is that Keeper is not here. I think about her and the good times but, lying in my bed, my mind goes back to our last few hours together. I am...
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- Living in Ecuador- My first friend to visit
- Living in Ecuador- Sick
- Living in Ecuador- Things you have to be ok with
- Living in Ecuador- Rain, rivers, and kids
- Living in Ecuador Day 365- One Year!
- Living in Ecuador Day 364- Rain and gain
- Living in Ecuador Day 363- Chore day
- Living in Ecuador Day 362- Celebration of the Epiphany
- Living in Ecuador Day 361- Black Sand Beach
- Living in Ecuador Day 360- Goals
- Living in Ecuador Day 359- Storm
- Living in Ecuador Day 358- Parque de la Madre
- Living in Ecuador Day 357- Bus and taxi trials
- Living in Ecuador Day 356- Breakfast time
- Living in Ecuador Day 355- Happy New Year
- ► 2016 (364)
- ► December (31)
- Living in Ecuador Day 354- Goodbye 2016
- Living in Ecuador Day 353- San Jacinto
- Living in Ecuador Day 352- Beach day
- Living in Ecuador Day 351-Canoa and bus travel
- Living in Ecuador Day 350- Hell lives in San Clemente
- Living in Ecuador Day 349- Pool day
- Living in Ecuador Day 348- Merry Christmas from Ecuador
- Living in Ecuador Day 347- Christmas Eve
- Living in Ecuador Day 346- Beach life
- Living in Ecuador Day 345- Travel to the coast
- Living in Ecuador Day 344- More cookies
- Living in Ecuador Day 343- Phone fixed
- Living in Ecuador Day 342- Thunder and Lightning
- Living in Ecuador Day 341- Dog difficulty
- Living in Ecuador Day 340- Blood donation
- Living in Ecuador Day 339- Catch that goose
- Living in Ecuador Day 338- Say no to fake news
- Living in Ecuador Day 337- Christmas cookies
- Living in Ecuador Day 336- Eduardo Vega Galeria and Pumapungo Museum
- Living in Ecuador Day 335- Mercado baby
- Living in Ecuador Day 334- Card game
- Living in Ecuador Day 333- Christmas lights
- Living in Ecuador Day 332- Massage therapist
- Living in Ecuador Day 331- Meditation practice
- Living in Ecuador Day 330- Cheese please
- Living in Ecucador Day 329- Black spots
- Living in Ecuador Day 328- Cookie cutters
- Living in Ecuador Day 327- The chicken didn't cross the road
- Living in Ecuador Day 326- Le Petit Jardin
- Living in Ecuador Day 325- Is it a bus or school bus?
- Living in Ecuador Day 324- Plan to move
- ► November (30)
- Living in Ecuador Day 323- Baggage embargo time
- Living in Ecuador Day 322- Panaderias
- Living in Ecuador Day 321- What about the pics?
- Living in Ecuador Day 320- Games
- Living in Ecuador Day 319- Casa Azul
- Living in Ecuador Day 318- Mish mash
- Living in Ecuador Day 317- Happy Thanksgiving
- Living in Ecuador Day 316- Busy day
- Living in Ecuador Day 315- Kids are all the same
- Living in Ecuador Day 314- Mall del Rio
- Living in Ecuador Day 313- Guilt free
- Living in Ecuador Day 312- Fabiano's pizza
- Living in Ecuador Day 311- Life by design
- Living in Ecuador Day 310- Yanuncay river walk
- Living in Ecuador Day 309- Bus survival
- Living in Ecuador Day 308- Propane tank etiquette
- Living in Ecuador Day 307- Cuenca airport
- Living in Ecuador Day 306- Pajamas
- Living in Ecuador Day 305- Sunny morning
- Living in Ecuador Day 304- Thank you Veterans for your service
- Living in Ecuador Day 303- Bus business
- Living in Ecuador Day 302- Plumbing problems
- Living in Ecuador Day 301- Phones and politics
- Living in Ecuador Day 300- Phone repair
- Living in Ecuador Day 299- Cosas and mas things
- Living in Ecuador Day 298- Decisions
- Living in Ecuador Day 297- Back to Cuenca
- Living in Ecuador Day 296- Ayampe
- Living in Ecuador Day 295- Montanita
- Living in Ecuador Day 294- Salinas
- ► October (31)
- Living in Ecuador Day 293- Unconnected but not disconnected
- Living in Ecuador Day 292- A visit to San Clemente
- Living in Ecuador Day 291- Picking pitahaya
- Living in Ecuador Day 290- Back to Bahia de Caraquez
- Living in Ecuador Day 289- Leak
- Living in Ecuador Day 288- Buses and taxis
- Living in Ecuador Day 287- New places for coffee
- Living in Ecuador Day 286- Sunshine on my shoulders
- Living in Ecuador Day 285- Sunday Funday
- Living in Ecuador Day 284- Haircut hassel
- Living in Ecuador Day 283- Light bulbs
- Living in Ecuador Day 282- Internet problema
- Living in Ecuador Day 281- Blue sky birthday
- Living in Ecuador Day 280- Present presence
- Living in Ecuador Day 279- Chicken feet in our eats
- Living in Ecuador Day 278- Food Fair
- Living in Ecuador Day 277- Tattoos
- Living in Ecuador Day 276- Reflection of myself
- Living in Ecuador Day 275- Protests in El Centro
- Living in Ecuador Day 274- Feria Libre and Turi
- Living in Ecuador Day 273- Another visit to Piedra de Agua
- Living in Ecuador Day 272- Thanksgiving...in Canada
- Living in Ecuador Day 271- Chocolate covered strawberries on a stick
- Living in Ecuador Day 270- Cotopaxi volcano
- Living in Ecuador Day 269- Time spent
- Living in Ecuador Day 268- Cuenca sidewalks
- Living in Ecuador Day 267- Options trading
- Living in Ecuador Day 266- Kombucha tea
- Living in Ecuador Day 265- Fresh breads
- Living in Ecuador Day 264- Cositas restaurant
- Living in Ecuador Day 263- Visiting Gualaceo and Chordeleg again
- ► September (31)
- Living in Ecuador Day 262- Cost of living in Ecuador continued
- Living in Ecuador Day 261- Cost of Living in Ecuador
- Living in Ecuador Day 260- Preparation or luck?
- Living in Ecuador Day 259- Local fresh fruit
- Living in Ecuador Day 258- Birthday blessings
- Living in Ecuador Day 257- Futbol mania
- Living in Ecuador Day 256- Family time
- Living in Ecuador Day 255- Food and games
- Living in Ecuador Day 254- Writing about racial justice
- Living in Ecuador Day 253- Life coaching business
- Living in Ecuador Day 252- Farmer's market
- Living in Ecuador Day 251- Controlled chaos
- Living in Ecuador Day 250- Dog fight
- Living in Ecuador Day 249- Wordpress, weather, and words
- Day 248 Ecuador- Size matters
- Day 247 Ecuador- Welcome to the Taj Mahal
- Day 246 Ecuador- Process for health insurance in Ecuador
- Day 245 Ecuador- Nothing happening
- Day 244 Ecuador- Money money money
- Day 243 Ecuador- A day to reflect back and look ahead
- Day 242 Ecuador- Max, our landlords dog
- Day 241 Ecuador- Bureaucracy and blood
- Day 240 Ecuador- Learning to walk...and observe
- Day 239 Ecuador- City bus
- Day 238 Ecuador- A lime tree I see
- Day 237 Ecuador- Rain
- Day 236 Ecuador- Bananas and limes
- Day 236 Ecuador- Share, pin, tweet, and snap
- Conversations
- Day 235 Ecuador- Gooooooooal!
- Day 234 Ecuador- Yellow fever and the butcher
- ► August (33)
- Day 233 Ecuador- Freedom and gratitude
- Day 232 Ecuador- Fruit and ice
- Day 231 Ecuador- Window with a view
- Day 230 Ecuador- Fruit juice
- Day 229 Ecuador- Adventures
- Day 228 Ecuador- Baños de Cuenca
- Day 227 Ecuador- Showing Chase and his friends around Cuenca
- Day 226 Ecuador- Bus travel back to Cuenca
- Day 225 Ecuador- Extra day in Baños
- Day 224 Ecuador- Tour of Baños
- Best Places to Visit in Ecuador- Baños de Agua Santa
- Day 223 Ecuador- TelefériQo tram ride
- Day 222 Ecuador- Quito city tour and Middle of the World
- Day 221 Ecuador- Old friends
- Day 220 Ecuador- Drive to Quito
- Day 219 Ecuador- Medical insurance, and Bilían
- Day 218 Ecuador- Ingapirca
- Travel to Ecuador- The ancient ruins of Ingapirca
- Day 217 Ecuador- Monday monday, so good to me
- Day 216 Ecuador- Hot off the grill
- Day 215 Ecuador- Parque Paraiso
- Day 214 Ecuador- Food and Freedom
- Day 213 Ecuador- Magic Jack and Markets
- Day 212 Ecuador- What is that extra 20% costing you?
- Day 211 Ecuador- Living vicariously
- Day 210 Ecuador- Norte Americano day
- Day 209 Ecuador- Chordeleg and Gualaceo
- Day 208 Ecuador- Super vs Mega
- Day 207 Ecuador- Kebabs and bulls
- Day 206 Ecuador- Gone to the dogs
- Day 205 Ecuador- Fiber optic and observation
- Day 204 Ecuador- Piedra de Agua
- Day 203 Ecuador- Water line break
- ► July (32)
- Day 202 Ecuador- Monte's home
- Day 201 Ecuador- Paella dinner
- Day 200 Ecuador- Meet up
- Day 199 Ecuador- Gloomy weather
- Day 198 Ecuador- Just another day in Ecuador
- White Privilege
- Day 197 Ecuador-Movies
- Day 196 Ecuador- Buen provecho
- Day 195 Ecuador- Different kinds of help
- Day 194 Ecuador- Strolling around town
- Day 193 Ecuador-Feeling outta shape
- Day 192 Ecuador- All that jazz
- Day 191 Ecuador- Feria Libre market again
- Day 190 Ecuador- Internet and travel arrangements
- Day 189 Ecuador- Pics from Brazil
- Day 188 Ecuador- Discomfort and contented
- Day 187 Ecuador- Lunch and learn
- Day 186 Ecuador- Pizza and politics
- Day 185 Ecuador- Our stories
- Day 184 Ecuador- Another hair cut
- Day 183 Ecuador- Fruit and fun
- Day 182 Ecuador- Just a rambling of things
- Day 181 Ecuador- Another restaurant, more aftershocks
- Day 180 Ecuador- Six months
- Day 179 Ecuador- Managing customer service
- Day 178 Ecuador- Feria Libre market
- Day 177 Ecuador- Communication speed
- Day 176 Ecuador- Sun and fruit
- Day 175 Ecuador- Decisions
- Day 174 Ecuador- Lights and speed
- Day 173 Ecuador- Language and filters
- Day 172 Ecuador- Fair for earthquake relief
- ► June (30)
- Day 171 Ecuador- Spanish and service
- Day 170 Ecuador- Endings and beginnings
- Day 169 Ecuador- Nice times
- Day 168 Ecuador- Questions rising
- Day 167 Ecuador- I'm published
- Day 166 Ecuador- New encounters
- Day 165 Ecuador- Friends and gardens
- Day 164 Ecuador- Living along my path
- Day 163 Eucador- How you look at it
- Day 162 Ecuador- Care package from home
- Day 161 Ecuador- Indoors kind of day
- Day 160 Ecuador- Happy Father's Day
- Day 159 Ecuador- Chilly and chili
- Day 158 Ecuador- Shots and a crazy cab ride
- Day 157 Ecuador- Eyes forward
- Day 156 Ecuador- Reflection and respect
- Day 155 Ecuador- Panama hats
- Day 154 Ecuador- Cold and damp
- Day 153 Ecuador- Rain rain go away
- Day 152 Ecuador- Connection better than the internet
- Day 151 Ecuador- Right mindset
- Day 150 Ecuador- Waiting for internet
- Day 149 Ecuador- The tattoo
- Day 148 Ecuador- Getting comfortable
- Day 147 Ecuador- Searching for things
- Day 146 Ecuador- Here we are
- Day 145 Ecuador- Feels like a home
- Day 144 Ecuador- A place that feels right
- Day 143 Ecuador- Happy is here and now
- Day 142 Ecuador- Friends old and new
- ► May (32)
- Day 141 Ecuador- Cuenca zoo
- Day 140 Ecuador- More looking
- Day 139 Ecuador- Mexican restaurant in Ecuadorian countryside
- Day 138 Ecuador- Lunch and learning
- Day 137 Ecuador- Corpus Christi celebration in El Centro
- Day 136 Ecuador- Meet up with missed friends
- Day 135 Ecuador- Fear vs truth
- Day 134 Ecuador- Do we stay or do we go?
- Day 133 Ecuador- Back to Cuenca
- Day 132 Ecuador- Beach walk
- Day 131 Ecuador- A new fish recipe
- Day 130- Ecuador- A trip up the coast
- Day 129 Ecuador- Living
- Day 128 Ecuador- Our Keeper is free
- Day 127 Ecuador- The Vet
- Day 126 Ecuador- La Libertad, Ecuador
- Day 125 Ecuador- Ask for help
- Day 124 Ecuador- Going to the coast
- Day 123 Ecuador- Uncertainty abounds right now
- Day 122 Ecuador- I choose to be a learner
- Day 121 Ecuador- Observation or comparison
- Day 120 Ecuador- A mish mash of things
- Day 119 Ecuador- Wifi and airlines
- Day 118 Ecuador- My friend took his life
- Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms!
- Day 117 Ecuador- Walking through El Centro
- Day 116 Ecuador- Working out the bugs
- Day 115 Ecuador- Connection and connected
- Day 114 Ecuador- Renter's remorse
- Day 113 Ecuador- No need to be grumpy
- Day 112 Ecuador- It's coming together
- Day 111 Ecuador- Found our place
- ► April (30)
- Day 110- Searching for a place to live
- Day 109 Ecuador- New place, old friends
- Day 108 Ecuador- Cuenca
- Day 107 Ecuador- Day 11 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 106 Ecuador- Day 10 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 105 Ecuador- Day 9 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 104 Ecuador- Day 8 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 103 Ecuador- Day 7 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 102 Ecuador- Day 6 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 101 Ecuador- Day 5 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 100 Ecuador- Day 4 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 99 Ecuador- Day 3 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 98 Ecuador- Day 2 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 97 Ecuador- Day 1 post quake Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 96 Ecuador- Earthquake! Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 95 Ecuador- A very small planet
- Day 94 Ecuador- Pumpkin soup
- Day 93 Ecuador- We got mail
- Day 92 Ecuador- Saw the Vet today
- Day 91 Ecuador- It actually feels cool today
- Day 90 Ecuador- Can you believe it's been 3 months?
- Day 89 Ecuador- Watch and be aware
- Day 88 Ecuador- Our way back
- Day 87 Ecuador- Fishing today
- Day 86 Ecuador- Puerto Lopez bound
- Day 85 Ecuador- Almuerzo and swim time
- Day 84 Ecuador- No news day
- Day 83 Ecuador- Puerto Cayo
- Day 82 Ecuador- Pumpkin pie
- Day 81 Ecuador- Beach solitude
- ► March (32)
- Day 80 Ecuador- Chicken aisle and tacos
- Day 79 Ecuador- Ocean time
- Day 78 Ecuador- Into the forest
- Day 77 Ecuador- A-ok
- Day 76 Ecuador- Traditional Ecuadorian Easter meal
- Day 75- Some Easter weekend activities
- Day 74 Ecuador- Head games
- Day 73 Ecuador- Lobsters and pizzas
- Day 72 Ecuador- A different kind of living
- Day 71 Ecuador- Got a haircut
- Day 70 Ecuador- Another cook
- Day 69 Ecuador- Kick back Sunday
- Day 68 Ecuador- BBQ get together
- Day 67 Ecuador-Lobster dinner
- Day 66 Ecuador- Doctor visit
- Day 65 Ecuador- Finding space
- Day 64 Ecuador- A walk in town
- Day 63 Ecuador- Lost the shirt off my back
- Day 62 Ecuador- Catching up
- Day 61 Ecuador- Birthday and birds
- Day 60 Ecuador- Time to reflect
- Day 59- Locals protest
- Day 58- Water shortage
- Day 57- Soul swimming
- Day 56- Manta and the Vet
- Day 55- Canoa
- Zika and Ecuador
- Day 54- Ho hum
- Day 53- Managing change
- Day 52- House cleaning
- Day 51- Sick
- Day 50- Uuugh
- ► February (30)
- Day 49 Ecuador- Getting my "it"
- Day 48- Haircut
- Day 47- The Vet
- Day 46- Stopping the noise
- What is your dream?
- Day 45- Surfing and Pizza
- Day 44- Running around
- Day 43- We are official
- Day 42- Broken down again!
- Day 41- Slow news day
- Day 40- Connection
- DAY 39- Crab cakes and conversation
- Day 38- Condos and cooking
- Day 37- Another chill day
- Day 36- Bureaucracy
- Day 36- Hot, humid, hate it
- Day 35- Broken down bus
- Day 34-New places to walk
- Day 33- Focus
- Day 32- Recap
- Day 31- Slow day
- Day 30- Old and New
- Day 29- Rainy Monday
- Day 28- Game Day!
- Day 27- Our search begins
- Day 26- Splish splash and no bath
- Day 25- Mellow day
- Day 24- It hurts so good
- Day 23- SEO go go
- Day 22- Exercise
- ► January (22)
- Day 21- Loving being here
- Day 20- Expats
- Day 19- Tick tock
- Day 18- Routine and recognition
- Day 17- Annoyed and grateful
- Day 16- Hotels and Visas
- Day 15- Bus heaven and hell
- Day 14- A little breather
- Day 13- Condo anxiety
- Day 12- Good waves, good food, good company
- Day 11- Medical stuff and card playing
- Day 10- A gentle life
- Day 9- Cabs and Canoa
- Day 8- Observing Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 7 Ecuador- Feeling the flow of life
- Day 6 - Staying in the moment
- Day 5- Things are different here
- Day 4- Setting up
- Day 3 Ecuador Retirement- Finding supplies
- Day 2 Ecuador Retirement- Bahia de Caraquez
- Day 1 Ecuador Retirement- Travel Day to Ecuador
- Living in Ecuador
- ► December (31)
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