‘Hang on a second,’ I said to Carmen. ‘What’s wrong?’ she asked, impatient to keep going down the walking track. I pointed to where the trail curved back up to the starting point at the head of the small lake we had just walked around. ‘Those are the tour people we saw near the start. […]
When I wrote my May budget post on the cost of living in Ecuador, I shared it on the Ecaudor expats Facebook page and the comments made me chuckle. “I CAN’T believe you spend US$3,000 a month to live. That’s extortionate!” one person wrote. “The cost of living in Ecuador is much, much less than […]
Over this past year, I’ve begun to realise what truly matters to me. Friends and family top the list – it’s certainly true that distance makes the heart grow fonder and being away from those you love makes you realise who’s important in your life. I’ve also noticed what doesn’t matter to me. I used […]
Don’t be lazy, don’t steal and don’t kill. Those are the three simple rules that govern the modern lives of Ecuador’s indigenous Canari people who live in the mountains and valleys surrounding the city of Cuenca. Of course they fall under Ecuador’s national laws, there’s no escaping that. But it seems to me that the […]
I don’t like zoos. Animals aren’t meant to be locked up in cages for humans to stare at them. It’s not natural. Animals belong in the wild. Because of these beliefs, there was no way I was going to visit the zoo in Cuenca. No way. In my mind, a first world zoo is one […]
