How 1 Expat Got Nailed For $1800 Bringing Their Pet To Ecuador

{!firstname_fix},    "$1800?" I gasped.   "Yea, $1800," the guest at my hotel in Quito near the airport continued a few days ago in October of 2015, explaining how he just spent $1800 just in taxes and fees paid to the government to bring his dog to Ecuador.   This is excluding what he paid to … Continue reading How 1 Expat Got Nailed For $1800 Bringing Their Pet To Ecuador

Irrigation system installed in Ecuador, hard lessons learned

This week I finished installing the irrigation system for my one hectare (2.2 acres) Stevia lot. There were a few different options… install a drip irrigation system or a sprinkler system. My part-time farm manager with experience in Stevia said for this crop a sprinkler system is fine. The quotes I was getting for installing … Continue reading Irrigation system installed in Ecuador, hard lessons learned