New members of the Ecuador forum, introduce yourselves here - 2024

I'm a longtime member of expat.com, though I don't contribute much these days. But I've just posted to CCC's recent thread about my family down in Ecuador who are in no danger. The country looks small on maps of the world, but it's actually bigger than the UK. And the banditos can't be everywhere!

I am moving to porto lopes permanently (I hope)  I am from USA and been there before. I have been 36 countries and hope to make ecuador my homemade. 

@Dee Schoof

Hello and welcome !

How can we help you ? Do you have any questions in regard to moving to Ecuador ?

Regards

Bhavna

Hello my name is Blair Jackson . I live in Ecuador part time.

My family and I reside in Quito, where our children attend elementary school. I sustain our livelihood through an online store and greatly enjoy the diverse weather across various regions of Ecuador. I plan to settle here permanently.

@xuewenzpc

Hello and welcome on board !

Please note that I have moved your post to the New Members thread.

All the best

Bhavna

Hello!.. new here from Canada…planning to retire/move to Quito or Cuenca…. Im leaning towards investors visa; can you recommend a Financial advisor/consultant regarding investments ?…   preferably not from a bank or coop institution; i wish to correspond with someone independently knowledgeable to make my financial plan; thank you

Hi everyone!

I am a third culture kid born and raised in Ecuador, currently living in Southeast Asia but looking for a move back in the next few years. Specifically I was raised in Intag, close to Cotacachi

Hello joelteacher,

Welcome to Expat.com

Do you have some topics you would like to discuss with other members of the forum?

Feel free to start a new thread on the Ecuador forum to ask your questions if you have any

Cheers,

Cheryl

Expat.com team

Hello I am from Colombia. I am interested in moving here.Nice to meet you

Hola, and I'm hoping i can get a lot of advice here.

Because of the political situation in the US, I suspect I will want to move out of the country permanently beginning in late January 2025. I moved to India sight-unseen in 2017, and spent four years there before coming back in 2021.

So I am no stranger to living in a foreign country. (I also traveled extensively while there, mostly to neighboring countries.) But after researching it, Ecuador seems like the perfect spot to spend my remaining years, for all sorts of reasons, but its focus on the environment, the Galapagos Islands and the fact I speak enough Spanish that I should be reasonably fluent in six months are three of the top ones.

I have a myriad of questions and will have to be ready to take all necessary actions the day following the November election if worse comes to worse, so I thought I'd better get started.

Nice to meet everyone and hope to meet you some day in person.

Hello,

My name is Carolina, born and raised in Ecuador, with Chilean background. My fiance Sebastian (with european background) and I are selling our brand new eco-conscious house in Tumbaco (outskirts of Quito) because family plans have changed We've learned that expats are more aware and interested of this kind of living, so here we are to offer you not just a GREAT place but a GREAT experience if you are coming to our beautiful country.

Smiles,

Caro

@carolanas

Hello Carolina,

Welcome on board !

I would invite you to create an advert in the dedicated section : Housing in Ecuador

As any ad or commercial offer is not allowed on the forum.

Thank you

Bhavna

@Julien

Hi sir

my name is Muhammad Irfan pakistani Passport holder currently living in Oman right now we have to company in Oman Irfan New Enterprise we have deal toursim we had to plan move to with family in Ecuador so i request to you how to apply

@ibtgroup46

hello and welcome !

What do you want to apply for ? Are you looking to invest in Ecuador or looking for a job ?

Regards

Bhavna

Hello Everyone,

I'm born and raised in Canada.  Been living in Ecuador since 2006, work in Tourism.  Nice to have found this forum.  Any tourism related questions,  happy to answer.  Also, I have a friend who's looking to sell his boutique guesthouse called [link moderated] located in the heart of the Old Town.  There are plans to have a craft brewery located downstairs in the next month or two, if you like more details let me know.  Also know of another owner looking to sell near the Plaza de Blas, higher end hotel, looking for the right buyer.

Tourism has been challenging to say the least but just thought I'd put out the opportunities in case there is interest.   

My wife, daughter, son and I are looking to move to Ecuador in June 2024. We plan to move to the Cuenca area at first and once we get established find some land to homestead.

Hi All

Charles here,  I am a 79 yr old single male hoping to move to Cuenca,

in a year or so.  Presently studying Spanish online. I'm hoping to make

a few new friends in the interim.I enjoy making music , (have been playing

keyboards, [Hard Rock] since I was in my 20's) I like  woodworking, building experimental aircraft.

Had to give that all up due to health concerns as medical bills have

depleted me.

Ecuador seems to be  the place for my adventurous soul. I'm anything but

an old stick in the mud.   I don't feel any older than 40-50 mentally, but the body somehow disagrees,

Have survived a triple bypass 23 years ago. and according to my cardiologist,

still going strong! I Like to think I have another 30 years to go.

Hoping to hear from any and all of you!

Anyone home?

It's been a week since my previous post.

going to unsubscribe from this forum as I didn't even get a hello!

    Anyone home? It's been a week since my previous post. going to unsubscribe from this forum as I didn't even get a hello!        -@queiro

I'm sure people would respond to specific questions, but this thread is only for introductions.  If you do have questions, the search function can be helpful so as not to repeat things already explained.  Depending on the question the forum members can be quite chatty but if a specific question is not asked (and you should start a new thread and topic for that), you probably won't trigger much response.

Thanks

@Julien

Hello, I am Jay originally from Ireland and moving to Cuenca in early Jan 2025.Looking to meet some people in Cuenca and get to know the city and vibe more. I have been to Cuenca recently, also to Quito and Vilcabamba. Currently moving from Oregon where I have been living there for 10 years and before that nearly 10 years in Australia (Melbourne).

@JayKelly

Hello Jay! I’m Elena, just arrived to Cuenca to live here. When you come, you can always contact me. ))

@Conradc9 Hello! I’ve just arrived to Cuenca, I can ask about that person. Is your question still actual?

@karenboehler Hello Karen, when you come to Cuenca, make me know, please. We can meet))

@queiro Hello, Charles! When you come to Cuenca, you can contact me. I’ve just arrived. ))

Hello everybody! Elena from Russia here.  I’ve just arrived to Cuenca. Hoping to find new friends. Cuenca seems to be a very nice place to live, we’ll see. My children grown up, I wanted to start the new page of my life. I’m really impressed by the nature in Ecudor. So many tropical plants at 2500 m! In the mountains. And the local people are very very friendly.

@Lena777

Hello Lena, I will arrive early January. Would be nice to meet you. 🙏😊

@Lena777

I'll try. I'm still shocked by the election and not sure how long my house will take to sell.