Get a Quote. Get a Quote Call. Expats in Ecuador share some of the pros and cons of living in Ecuador. Topics covered include where to live, the bureaucracy, the people and more. Ecuador Forum Join our Ecuador forum to meet other expats and talk about living in Ecuador. Contribute Help other expats and newcomers by answering questions about the challenges and adventures of living in Ecuador.
Expats share some of their favorite places to live in Ecuador from beautiful colonial cities to affordable beach towns. Expats in Ecuador share their experiences with healthcare and overseas medical insurance in Ecuador. Expats living in Ecuador talk about their own experiences with healthcare, hospital visits, emergencies, finding a doctor, buying health insurance in Ecuador and more.
Expats in Ecuador offer advice to newcomers and people considering a move to Ecuador about clothing, sunscreen, renting before buying, gringo pricing, Ecuadorians politeness and much more. Take off your rose-colored glasses and learn what expats have to say about the biggest challenges and the greatest rewards of living in Ecuador. Expats in Ecuador appreciate the cost of living, the friendly people, the beautiful weather and warm culture. The bureaucracy can be very trying, petty theft an issue and driving downright dangerous.
Moving to Ecuador Guide Expats in Ecuador offer advice to newcomers and people considering a move to Ecuador about clothing, sunscreen, renting before buying, gringo pricing, Ecuadorians politeness and much more. Cuenca is Ecuador's third largest city, but still has a small-city feeling.
Expats share 11 things they wish they had known before moving to Cuenca from packing sunscreen to being aware of gringo gouging. Expats in Guayaquil report a variety of opinions regarding what it's like to live there. It offers a very warm and humid climate for sun lovers, but others find the heat stifling. Similarly, crime is a major concern of some, while others find that it's perfectly acceptable with proper precautions.
Many expats in Cuenca, Ecuador love the city's climate, friendly people and low cost of living. Other expats find that this developing city's bland food, dirty streets and noisy neighborhoods are too much to take. The earthquake in Ecuador has impacted many areas where our members reside.
Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Ecuador. For American expats looking to dine out on Thanksgiving, here's a list of several restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinners in Quito and Cuena. Privacy Policy Legal. In Ecuador, very few sidewalks have ramps and some curbs are so high we have difficulty stepping up on them. Many of the walk lights at intersections barely last long enough for us to make it halfway across the street before the light changes, and drivers pay very little attention to them.
If you have a physical disability that makes it difficult for you to walk, retiring in Ecuador will be a bit more challenging for you. Most of the popular expat cities for people who retire in Ecuador are very high altitude, which can cause health problems for some people. Amelia has no issues with altitude, but I do.
The high altitude is the main reason we left Cuenca. Almost daily, I felt light-headed, dizzy, short of breath, and full-body tingles. I frequently had headaches and difficulty sleeping. On rare occasions, I felt nauseated. You either need to get on an airplane and fly to a lower altitude, or spend several hours driving to a lower altitude. You can also try Mate de Coca tea, which is made from the same plant used for cocaine. It has a powerful caffeine like effect and will amp you up for hours, but it helped me.
There is a prescription drug called Diamox that may also help, but it has a long list of side effects. However, living in an Ecuador beach town is a lot different than living in a cultural mecca like Cuenca or Quito. Guayaquil has some of the best hospitals in South America and Manta has a new IESS hospital that has great reviews and looks amazing, but there are no high quality hospitals between Guayaquil and Manta, or north of Manta.
Manglaralto has an urgent care clinic that mostly deals with ocean injuries, stitches and broken bones, but not serious medical conditions. If you have aging parents or young grandchildren and you plan to return home from your retirement haven in Ecuador, it makes for a long travel day unless you live in Quito or Guayaquil.
While there are several challenges to retiring in Ecuador, those challenges apply to nearly all low cost of living countries around the world and especially in Latin America. However, we feel the benefits far outweigh the challenges, making Ecuador the perfect place to retire. Join more than people who have already signed up!
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Your generosity and reciprocity helps us continue creating more videos, articles and content about expats and Ecuador! Join Us Today! We love the new website! Thank you for all the valuable information! We are currently formulating plans to visit Ecuador with the goal of finding an early retirement destination. Please and thank you again. Their goal is to be completely off-grid eventually. You might be interested in Caminos de Agua website.
I would be interested in hearing about your off-grid living if you follow through. We think you guys are super. We have visited and are coming for extended stay when we sell our business.
Great site! My wife and I are working our way through all your YouTube videos and are really thankful you both take time to share your experiences in a candid yet non-judgmental way. Thanks for all the great info!! Is it difficult to obtain a drivers license in Equador?
I was thinking more along the lines of a scooter than an automobile. Maybe someone else can comment with firsthand experience. Your email address will not be published. Start here…. Some were looking for an adventure; travel is now a marker of success in the third age of life. It shows you are living a successful retirement. And the international lifestyle marketers are promoting real estate abroad and lifestyle experiences, making money off of those relocations.
You write in the book that quite a few of the women you met came as an adventure. Can you talk about that? A lot did talk about moving as an adventure, but a lot of the women were moving for economic reasons and to be more active and to break with traditional gender roles that would have been assigned to them in the United States. For some, this was an opportunity to experiment with aging alone.
A lot of the retirees were on fixed incomes and they wanted to live comfortably. All of them could be broadly described as middle class. And some felt they were displaced. Many people I met also felt their job in the United States was just a job and they wanted something more meaningful in retirement. What was their financial situation like in America before they moved to Ecuador? They were worried about having to declare bankruptcy.
The story she told me was one of desperation, looking to get out of a bad situation. It is possible to live in Cuenca, Ecuador on a very low income, but it means radically changing your lifestyle. Most seem to be doing quite well economically. They talk about being able to go out more and often enjoy restaurants. A lo of people there are fully retired. There are some who have companies.
They work online part-time.
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