Sir Nards Barley
@Nards Barley
American expat in Ecuador
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American
Lives in Cuenca
Speaks English, The 40+ year old adult brain is incapable of becoming fluent in another language
Registration: 25 May 2012
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The unofficial web page of the greater Cuenca expat community by Nards Barley
I designate this thread as the unofficial web page for the Cuenca Expat community. I also designate myself as the unoffical spokesperson. It is actually a continuation of my non-blog, but I wanted to elevate my status in the wake of the continued ...
With my new found "fortune" from Banco Central, I decided to head down to Yunguilla Valley this past weekend to look at a hot piece of real estate for sale with a friend. There isn't a wikipedia page on Yunguilla, so let's see ... Read More
Do Cuenca and Quito enjoy year-round spring-like weather?
I decided to raise this question after reading an article from ILdated in December 2015, where the write stated the following: So, yes, Cuenca does in fact enjoy year-round spring-like weather.My opinion is that the writer who wrote that about ... Read More
Retiring in Ecuador by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Ecuador? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are ...
It is time for an excerpt from legendary expats Frank and Angie Frugal from their blog discovercuencaecuador.com Surprisingly or not, fruits and vegetables in the regular grocery stores of Cuenca, whether its Supermaxi or Coral Hypermercado are ... Read More
Speaking Spanish in Ecuador by Priscilla
Hi everyone, It is widely agreed that speaking Spanish is essential for a successful integration in Ecuador. Do you agree? Share your experience! Do you speak Spanish? If so, where did you learn this language? Where can one attend a language ...
By the way, Polyglotism or polyglottism[1] is the ability to master, or the state of having mastered, multiple languages. The word is a synonym of multilingualism, but, in recent usage, polyglot is sometimes used to refer to a person who learns ... Read More
Speaking Spanish in Ecuador by Priscilla
Hi everyone, It is widely agreed that speaking Spanish is essential for a successful integration in Ecuador. Do you agree? Share your experience! Do you speak Spanish? If so, where did you learn this language? Where can one attend a language ...
This thread needs an update, and hopefully my posts in some way are helping fellow Spanish learning noobs. Initially I went about learning Spanish arbitrarily because I was befriending Ecuadorians and simply targeted select vocabulary and phrases to ... Read More
The unofficial web page of the greater Cuenca expat community by Nards Barley
I designate this thread as the unofficial web page for the Cuenca Expat community. I also designate myself as the unoffical spokesperson. It is actually a continuation of my non-blog, but I wanted to elevate my status in the wake of the continued ...
Thanks. I shall. I am also going to look at one of those air purifier machines too since I am always hacking a lot this time of year, presumably due to allergies. I need to get tested. Next thing on my agenda. Read More
The unofficial web page of the greater Cuenca expat community by Nards Barley
I designate this thread as the unofficial web page for the Cuenca Expat community. I also designate myself as the unoffical spokesperson. It is actually a continuation of my non-blog, but I wanted to elevate my status in the wake of the continued ...
I feel a little like OJ Simpson today. I made what should be my final trip to Azogues EVER to pick up a letter from them which I then immediately took to Banco Central who gave me my certficate of deposit which I then immediately took to Banco ... Read More
Moving to Colombia..November 2017. Many questions by Marquezdl
Hello all, I have posted a couple of times on the Medellin forum. However it is looking very much like I'll be starting my time in Colombia in Chinchina/Manizales. I plan to arrive in early November, and I have arrangements for housing ...
Blu is a brand of cellphone. If it is an acronym as well, beats me. Read More
The unofficial web page of the greater Cuenca expat community by Nards Barley
I designate this thread as the unofficial web page for the Cuenca Expat community. I also designate myself as the unoffical spokesperson. It is actually a continuation of my non-blog, but I wanted to elevate my status in the wake of the continued ...
After researching transfer-your-visa-to-your-new-passport, I decided it isn't worth the trouble. Regardless of what any regulation states, it's simply not necessary in the real world. Based on my online research and my personal ... Read More
The unofficial web page of the greater Cuenca expat community by Nards Barley
I designate this thread as the unofficial web page for the Cuenca Expat community. I also designate myself as the unoffical spokesperson. It is actually a continuation of my non-blog, but I wanted to elevate my status in the wake of the continued ...
Being I just went back to Azogues this week in to cancel my resident visa due to the fact I am a citizen now, I got a laugh out of the following comment from Gringo Post. Thankfully I will miss out on the experience of transfering a visa to a new ... Read More
The unofficial web page of the greater Cuenca expat community by Nards Barley
I designate this thread as the unofficial web page for the Cuenca Expat community. I also designate myself as the unoffical spokesperson. It is actually a continuation of my non-blog, but I wanted to elevate my status in the wake of the continued ...
My friend Mark, who moved from Quito back to central California last year, said that when he visited back in California, he felt like Superman. cccmedia in Medellín, 4,900 feet elevationI would think that the 4,450 ft drop in elevation you ... Read More
Netflix and Roku by msantiago1256
Hi, I was pleasantly surprised to find that netflix is in Ecuador! I knew they where expanding and it was only a matter of time but they are already here and the selection is almost better (in terms of quality if not quantity) than back home. Has ...
I will add this. My friends in cuenca who use punto net fiber optic had problems with the smart dns service about 5 months ago because puntonet implemented a new method of assigning ip addresses that put them behind a NAT server.. Puntonet ... Read More
Netflix and Roku by msantiago1256
Hi, I was pleasantly surprised to find that netflix is in Ecuador! I knew they where expanding and it was only a matter of time but they are already here and the selection is almost better (in terms of quality if not quantity) than back home. Has ...
As for Smart DNS, I don't know how it works for you guys, but it's been useless for me.I depend on it every day for Pandora radio. I turn off the Netflix feature in control panel because i prefer the Ecuadorian catalog for Spanish ... Read More
The unofficial web page of the greater Cuenca expat community by Nards Barley
I designate this thread as the unofficial web page for the Cuenca Expat community. I also designate myself as the unoffical spokesperson. It is actually a continuation of my non-blog, but I wanted to elevate my status in the wake of the continued ...
For those who do not adjust well to high elevations: Trujillo (troo-HEE-oh), Peru, may be the only city on the above lists that is at or near sea level. Trujillo is on the Pacific Ocean .. and is cooled by the Humboldt current (per ... Read More
The unofficial web page of the greater Cuenca expat community by Nards Barley
I designate this thread as the unofficial web page for the Cuenca Expat community. I also designate myself as the unoffical spokesperson. It is actually a continuation of my non-blog, but I wanted to elevate my status in the wake of the continued ...
Are you keeping up with the happenings in and around Cuenca vis-a-vis the Cuenca Expat Magazine? Me neither. However, I was in town yesterday at a coffee shop taking advantage of the unusually good weather we are having and was reading the free ... Read More